Sculpting Sound

Submitted by Emma Berg on Tue, 15 Nov 2011 at 11:44

The Swiss artist Zimoun is exhibiting his organic sound installations in a solo show in Florida’s Ringling Museum of Art. The mechanical devices which create soundscapes are presented in a series of repetitive models.

Zimoun blends elements of sound, sculpture, mechanics, and engineering into these sensory experiences which challenge the more typical views of sculpture and sonar performance. The mechanised, structural works are installed in an industrial-like warehouse space that juxtaposes the ‘organic’ sound models with the physical ‘artificial’ environment of its setting.

Zimoun creates the sound sculptures from simple components and basic mechanics, such as mini motors, ping pong balls, cardboard boxes and wires. He explores the physical representation of sound by forming multiples of repeated mechanical elements to examine the creation and degeneration of patterns. This will be the first showing of Zimoun’s work in Florida and one of the few showings of his work in the United States.

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