In the Art Basel 2016 contemporary art fair, it has been able to visit the last artwork of the Swiss artist Zimoun, commissioned by Sennheiser. Once again, Zimoun has translated his obsession about the difficult meeting point between the Modernism’s organization pattern and chaos of the life’s reality, at this time with a sound installation composed by 317 paper bags driven by independent prepared dc motors, and all is installed inside a shipping container, with the title 317 prepared dc-motors, papper bags, shipping container | Zimoun 2016.
On the contemporary art event of Art Basel 2016, Zimoun has been commissioned by Sennheiser to create a new immersive installation enclosed within an old shipping container. Lined with hundreds of paper bags - placed on the walls, floor, and ceiling of the container - each bag contains an engine, which moves it independently. Completely surrounded by a large number of small sound generation systems, the viewer is immersed in a three-dimensional sound composition. One person at the time can access the container through an opening on its floor. The container stands on some kind of "legs" which allow the audience to walk under the container. Despite the consciously chosen simplicity, the system shows organic characteristics and complex behaviors that create an apparent vibrancy. Thousands of small paper sounds - crunching, murmuring, rustling and crackling - develop and meld into an all-encompassing audio space. Each audible sound is produced in the space in real-time. The large number of sound generators, each of which operates independently, creates a highly complex overall sound that can never be repeated identically. The creation of each sound is visible because all of the sounds are created by the moving material. We hear what we see and the audible becomes visible.
Using simple and functional components, Zimoun builds architecturally-minded platforms of sound. Exploring mechanical rhythm and flow in prepared systems, his installations incorporate commonplace industrial objects. In an obsessive display of simple and functional materials, these works articulate a tension between the orderly patterns of Modernism and the chaotic forces of life. Carrying an emotional depth, the acoustic hum of natural phenomena in Zimoun's minimalist constructions effortlessly reverberates.
On the contemporary art event of Art Basel 2016, Zimoun has been commissioned by Sennheiser to create a new immersive installation enclosed within an old shipping container. Lined with hundreds of paper bags - placed on the walls, floor, and ceiling of the container - each bag contains an engine, which moves it independently. Completely surrounded by a large number of small sound generation systems, the viewer is immersed in a three-dimensional sound composition. One person at the time can access the container through an opening on its floor. The container stands on some kind of "legs" which allow the audience to walk under the container. Despite the consciously chosen simplicity, the system shows organic characteristics and complex behaviors that create an apparent vibrancy. Thousands of small paper sounds - crunching, murmuring, rustling and crackling - develop and meld into an all-encompassing audio space. Each audible sound is produced in the space in real-time. The large number of sound generators, each of which operates independently, creates a highly complex overall sound that can never be repeated identically. The creation of each sound is visible because all of the sounds are created by the moving material. We hear what we see and the audible becomes visible.
Using simple and functional components, Zimoun builds architecturally-minded platforms of sound. Exploring mechanical rhythm and flow in prepared systems, his installations incorporate commonplace industrial objects. In an obsessive display of simple and functional materials, these works articulate a tension between the orderly patterns of Modernism and the chaotic forces of life. Carrying an emotional depth, the acoustic hum of natural phenomena in Zimoun's minimalist constructions effortlessly reverberates.
