The motors are situated beneath the packing papers activated the sweeping surface, shifting different segments at various intervals so that the entire expanse seems to be a paper sea, the surface stirs with a rustling sound that is very much a part of the sculpture’s intention — patterns of noise and sequences of echoing audio materialize in the kinetic sphere.
Recent displays of Zimoun's work include exhibitions at the Nam June Paik Art Center in Korea; Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei; Art Basel; Galerie Denise René Paris; Ringling Museum of Art, Florida; Harnett Museum of Art, Richmond; bitforms gallery New York; Kunsthalle Bern; Seoul Museum of Art; Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein; Museum Les Champs Libres, Rennes; Contemporary Art Museum MNAC Bucharest; Musée des Beaux-Arts Rennes; Museum of Fine Arts Bern; Museum of Contemporary Art MSUM, Ljubljana; among others.
Zimoun is currently on exhibition at Urban Sounds: Espace Multimédia Gantner, Bourgogne, France (November 23, 2013 - January 26, 2014) and at Espace Expression: Galerie Denise Renée Paris, Miami, USA (December 3, 2013 - March 29, 2014).
Next displays will take place between February and May 2014 at Beall Center in LA, USA, 43 m3 Project Space in London, UK, Audiograft in Oxford, UK, and Usinesonore, Malleray-Bevilard, Switzerland.
CREDITS.-
43 prepared dc-motors, 31.5kg packing paper.
Artist.- Zimoun.
DC-motors, paper, nylon, wood, power supply. Dimensions: Size variable.
Installation view: Orbital Garden Bern, Switzerland.
Curated by Don Li and Jahn Antener. Studio production assisted by Elisa Tangheroni, Valentina Brkovic, Matteo Taramelli, Janis Weidner, Ulf Kallscheidt and Till Hillbrecht. On-site production assisted by Elisa Tangheroni, Valentina Brkovic, Matteo Taramelli, Paul Hügli, Don Li, Jahn Antener, Li Rotzler, Marc Beekhuis, Hannes Zweifel, Micha Bürgi, Simon Petermann, Jelena Savic, Monika Grossen, Jahn Mazel and Nina Wagner. Video by Studio Zimoun. Supported by KulturStadtBern, Swisslos / Amt für Kultur Kanton Bern, Migros Aare and Burgergemeinde Bern.
