Detail of the parts that make up the electromechanical hammer of the work
Sonorous Places (Concrete Decaphonic Keyboard)
2005
100x40X30cm (keyboard)
variable dimensions (cables and hammers)
Wooden keyboard, connection cables, electromagnetic coils and electronic circuits
Collection of the art collection of the city of São Paulo – São Paulo Cultural Center
Sonorous Places is the action of physically striking objects or structures found in places using a keyboard (Concrete Decaphonic Keyboard). It is a work of sound intervention in the place. The concrete decaphonic keyboard is a portable wooden keyboard, to which hammers are connected via electric cables. The hammers can be easily attached to any material that can be struck. There are 10 hammers in total. The idea is to transform the place or objects found in the place into sound matter. There is also the intention of producing spatialized percussive sounds. The Concrete Decaphonic Keyboard allows the performer to touch distant points without leaving the place. It serves as an interface that connects man to place through sound.
It participated in the Annual Exhibition Program of the São Paulo Cultural Center in 2005, when it received an acquisition award and entered the institution’s collection.
Em 2006 a obra participou da itinerância Rumos Artes Visuais Paradoxos Brasil do Instituto Itaú Cultural, sendo exibido no Itaú Cultural da Paulista em São Paulo, no Paço Imperial no Rio de Janeiro e na Casa das 11 Janelas em Belém.
Na Casa das 11 Janelas não havia material arquitetônico para ser usado como matéria sonora da obra e então foram escolhidos alguns objetos do lugar para esta finalidade. Estes foram pendurados e os martelos fixados nos objetos. As próximas fotos são os registros desta montagem.
