Installation for 300 speakers, Pianola and vacuum; artist, John Wynne seen at the Saatchi Gallery, Newspeak: British Art Now exhibition ‘It uses sound and sculptural assemblage to explore and define architectural space and to investigate the borders between sounds and music. THe piece has three interwoven sonic elements: the ambient sound of the space in which it is installed, the notes played by the piano, and a computer-controlled soundtrack consisting of synthetic sounds and gently manipulated notes from the piano itself… this piece draws on notions of obsolescence and nostalgia, combining early 20th c technology and culture with a vast collection of recently discarded hi-fi speakers… The piece is site-specific, but it also carries traces of its own history: some of the synthetic sounds were created in response to the light industrial ambience of the work’s original location, some in response to its new site. THe mountainous formation of speakers, inspired by the recycling plant from which they were rescued, functions both visually and as a platform for the projection of sound, creating, ‘a soft balance between order and chaos, organization and its rupture’.’
On June 20, 2010 at 9:03am

Installation for 300 speakers, Pianola and vacuum; artist, John Wynne

seen at the Saatchi Gallery, Newspeak: British Art Now exhibition

‘It uses sound and sculptural assemblage to explore and define architectural space and to investigate the borders between sounds and music. THe piece has three interwoven sonic elements: the ambient sound of the space in which it is installed, the notes played by the piano, and a computer-controlled soundtrack consisting of synthetic sounds and gently manipulated notes from the piano itself… this piece draws on notions of obsolescence and nostalgia, combining early 20th c technology and culture with a vast collection of recently discarded hi-fi speakers… The piece is site-specific, but it also carries traces of its own history: some of the synthetic sounds were created in response to the light industrial ambience of the work’s original location, some in response to its new site. THe mountainous formation of speakers, inspired by the recycling plant from which they were rescued, functions both visually and as a platform for the projection of sound, creating, ‘a soft balance between order and chaos, organization and its rupture’.’

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