Zimoun’s organic installations and sound sculptures emerge in an interplay between mechanics, movement, and physically created sounds. They are delicate works with a poetic playfulness, simultaneously simple and complex, results of repetition and fine anomalies, routine and coincidence.
«The components used in Zimoun's work are simple, functional and raw, whereas only aesthetically high-level and purposefully chosen elements and materials are used in minimalist fashion. Through radical reduction, Zimoun creates works of art which allow for a plethora of associations without being pinned down to just one specific direction. Radical abstraction functions rather like a code in the background of things, thus elegantly avoiding an insinuation of direct, concrete attribution.»
Amanda Neumann
Although Zimoun uses very simple everyday and industrial materials, when combined their mutual interactions generate complex forms of sound and movement. He often works with a great number of identical mechanical elements, which he modifies in accordance with the site-specific works.
CREDITS. TECHNICAL DATA.-
Títle.- 150 prepared dc-motors, 270kg wood, 210m string wire, 2015.
Artist.- Zimoun.
Installation view.- Klangraum Krems Minoritenkirche, Krems an der Donau, Austria.
Curated.- Jo Aichinger.
Project coordination.- Florian Bürki, Ulf Kallscheidt and Zoi Moutsokou.
Studio production assisted.- Jessica Bizzoni, Joris Stemmle, Zoi Moutsokou, Lugh O'Neil, Tanguy Clerc, Matteo Taramelli and Elisa Tangheroni.
Set-up assisted.- Florian Schmiedecker, Christoph Schedl, Ernst Steindl, Dominik Schöpf, Jochen Gruber, Liselotte Grand and Martin Klemmer.
Materials.- Motors, wood, metal, power supplies.
Dimensions.- Variable.
Photograph and video.- © Studio Zimoun.
