hybrid #1 - ⥀16 is an ephemeral sound installation consisting of eight self-built mechanicals, sixteen turntables, sixteen flutes and sixteen balloons. The flutes are played by the air flowing back from the balloons and are set in rotation by means of the turntables. During this process the sound will be modified in various ways: constantly, due to decreasing air pressure (including a change in intensity and timbre); and abruptly (including a change in pitch), when the play mode switches from “blown over“ to “normal“ play. In addition, the three turntables rotate at different speeds, whereby the overall sound will be successively recomposed.
This work was commissioned by Elevate and KONTEJNER, as part of New Perspectives for Action, a project by Re-Imagine Europe, co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. In cooperation with Universalmuseum Joanneum – Institut für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Steiermark.
