Sphere Packing: Bach
2018
1, 128 channels of sound, speakers, maple, aluminum, screen, computer, custom-made electronics, hardware and software, 1/3
Courtesy of Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul
Sphere Packing: Bach, 2018, and Sphere Packing: Wagner, 2013, are two in a series of 17 works that concentrate the entire musical production of a composer into a single multi-channel sphere. The size of each sphere is proportional to how prolific the composer was: Hildegard von Bingen's bronzed steel sphere is but 11 cm in diameter and comprises 69 channels of sound, while Mozart's white polymer sphere is 35 cm and has 565 channels. In the exhibition, the black-glazed porcelain sphere dedicated to Richard Wagner hangs from the ceiling and visitors have to bring their ear up close in order to hear his Romantic compositions. By far the most prolific composer, Johann Sebastian Bach requires 1,128 individual speakers distributed through a sphere that visitors may physically enter, immersing themselves in its Baroque sounds. The compositions are arranged so that at times only one is audible while at others the piece reaches a musical crescendo, when all 1,128 compositions are playing simultaneously. As in of Lozano-Hemmer's works, Sphere Packing: Bach translates data into physical form, making sound visibly perceptive and transforming immateriality into immersive space.
Sphere Packing: Bach
2018
1, 128 channels of sound, speakers, maple, aluminum, screen, computer, custom-made electronics, hardware and software, 1/3
Courtesy of Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul
Sphere Packing: Bach, 2018, and Sphere Packing: Wagner, 2013, are two in a series of 17 works that concentrate the entire musical production of a composer into a single multi-channel sphere. The size of each sphere is proportional to how prolific the composer was: Hildegard von Bingen's bronzed steel sphere is but 11 cm in diameter and comprises 69 channels of sound, while Mozart's white polymer sphere is 35 cm and has 565 channels. In the exhibition, the black-glazed porcelain sphere dedicated to Richard Wagner hangs from the ceiling and visitors have to bring their ear up close in order to hear his Romantic compositions. By far the most prolific composer, Johann Sebastian Bach requires 1,128 individual speakers distributed through a sphere that visitors may physically enter, immersing themselves in its Baroque sounds. The compositions are arranged so that at times only one is audible while at others the piece reaches a musical crescendo, when all 1,128 compositions are playing simultaneously. As in of Lozano-Hemmer's works, Sphere Packing: Bach translates data into physical form, making sound visibly perceptive and transforming immateriality into immersive space.