Chrysopoeia
A sound sculpture inspired by the micro-economy of scrap metal collection. The “scrap man” is a public figure known in industrialised societies all over the world. Though they operate in the mostly invisible economy of waste collection, they are sonically recognisable by a looping and piercing call for metal, which gives the quasi-universal phenomenon a hyperlocal character.
The sculpture consists of an amplifier and a megaphone which are connected to each other by a chain of scrap metal. Instead of being conducted through speaker cables, the electric sound signal passes through a circuit made of copper, aluminum, steel, nickel, brass and iron objects. Rather than amplifying a call for metallic congregation, the megaphone lets out a recurring whisper, evoking a list of metals each of which alters the noisy static on the line.
Shown at lo que fue no es pero es, curated by Laberinto Studio at Quarto Location, L’Hospitalet.
Pictures by Ariadna Puigdomenech
2024
A sound sculpture inspired by the micro-economy of scrap metal collection. The “scrap man” is a public figure known in industrialised societies all over the world. Though they operate in the mostly invisible economy of waste collection, they are sonically recognisable by a looping and piercing call for metal, which gives the quasi-universal phenomenon a hyperlocal character.
The sculpture consists of an amplifier and a megaphone which are connected to each other by a chain of scrap metal. Instead of being conducted through speaker cables, the electric sound signal passes through a circuit made of copper, aluminum, steel, nickel, brass and iron objects. Rather than amplifying a call for metallic congregation, the megaphone lets out a recurring whisper, evoking a list of metals each of which alters the noisy static on the line.
Shown at lo que fue no es pero es, curated by Laberinto Studio at Quarto Location, L’Hospitalet.
Pictures by Ariadna Puigdomenech
2024