Sympathetic Resonance from Joshua Kirsch on Vimeo.
“Sympathetic Resonance”
2009 dimensions vary african padauk, birch veneer plywood, aluminum, yarn mallets, rotary solenoids, brass, wires, magnets, boot lace, electronic components.
Joshua Kirsch is a designer, artist and arguably a musician. Like the Natural Sounds blog for last weeks Music Monday, this is another innovative approach to making sounds. This is more sculpture meets music meets diy for people to have their own experience with the piece. Not only is this a completely refreshing look at sculpture but it is a piece that will forever give a new result and sound. Guinness in my mind.
You can watch more of Kirsch’s sculptural instruments on vimeo
As I could attempt to describe the technical makings of Kirsch’s work, I am going to stick to forming an opinion and let Design Milk tell it like it is:
“Sympathetic Resonance is an interactive musical instrument sculpture that utilizes the keys of a marimba (a mallet-percussion instrument of african origin) to create four and a half playable octaves. The sculpture consists of 56 “units,” each containing a different note, as well as a yarn-wound mallet affixed to a rotary solenoid which allows the note to be triggered by a touch-sensitive aluminum keyboard played by the viewer. The sculpture’s modular design allows it to completely change configuration from installation to installation. Each unit can be either mounted or placed on the floor or mounted to a wall, and can be connected to the keyboard with a wire of any length.”
via: [Design Milk]
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