ON RANDOM WALKS
Sound installation (8 subwoofer chassis, brass plates,
bead chains) 3 drawings, ball point pen on paper, 33 x 52
cm
Centrale for Contemporary Art, Brussels
29.06. - 10.09.2017
KIKK Festival of Digital and Creative Cultures, Namur
01.-04.11.2018
La Semaine du Son 2022, MIM Brussels, 07.-13-03.2022
A production of Overtoon with the support of the Flemish
Community
On Random Walks revolves around the phenomenon of knots in
vibrated granular chains and examines how knots contribute
to the understanding of space and movement. In physics,
granular chains are used as a model to study the behaviour
of string-like objects such as DNA, RNA or polymer
macromolecules that often become entangled.An array of brass plates is set into vibration at infrasonic frequencies, diffused by subwoofers. A bead chain is placed in the center of each plate. Excited by very low, inaudible oscillations, they start to move in unpredictable ways, leading at times to spontaneous knot formations of varying complexity, as well as their instantaneous dissolution. The bouncing strings, in turn, slightly strike the brass plates and create a pulsating field that constantly shifts over time as visitors walk through it and change their perspective.
audio documentation