Sheet Metal Experiment III: Inducing Resonant Possibilities of Metal
Designed by Anju Singh 13” x 28” x 31” Steel sheet metal, steel plate, aluminum square tube, springs, piano wire This prototype is the third model I created in a series of experiments and designs I developed in my process of developing a metal material based string instrument that allows for various playing styles. Materials […]
Three tines intersect a blue disk
Designed by Roxanne Nesbitt I was interested in making a sound sculpture where the vibrating body and resonator could be interchanged. This allows some flexibility and fluidity in how sound is activated on the instrument. You can bow or strike the rods and the blue metal surface. I was inspired by the instrument inventors François […]
Mungbod
Designed by Zoe Jordan This instrument is inspired by the rainstick and attached to the body, such that the playing of it will generate its own dance or movement vocabulary. While I expect to further experiment with other materials for different sound qualities and effects as well as aesthetic considerations, the current iteration is primarily […]
Suasana
Designed by George Rahi VariableWood and Metal This project explores the acoustic, cultural, and symbolic resonances that emerge when instrumental forms from the pipe organ and the Indonesian gamelan are physically and conceptually joined. At the heart of this prototype is the shared resonator. In gamelan instruments, metal bars are suspended over resonator tubes; in […]
Material Memory: Objects of the Ordinary
Designed by ephemeral objects VariablePlastic, wood, hazelnut, string, cotton, rice paper, aluminum Building on Tonomi Adachi’s exploration of imaginary instruments and the use of AI in sonic imagination, Reimagining the Ordinary examines how technology and material memory intersect in the act of instrument-making. Drawing from Vietnamese natural and synthetic found objects, the work explores both the creative […]
Bègèna & Krar reimagined
Designed by DANI YOUR DARLING Painted Leather hanging on polished wood frame These sketches incorporate the materials that are utilized to create the Bègèna and Krar as a means of reconciling the intentional incompleteness of this acoustic instrument building project with myself. Through which, I familiarize myself with these materials in preparation for when I’ll […]
Street Deer
Designed by Inès Allegra Desuasido Lupton 6 x 9.5indeer metacarpal, emerald ink, latex tubing, Yamaha fipple The breath is traditionally used to access realms beyond us in our waking memories and sleeping desires. The cut bone embouchures play with breath channels to create experimental flutes inviting us to access the different dreamsongs of the endless […]
Wing Instrument
Designed by x/o 49.6” x 14.7”Rolled steel, metal chains, rubber grommet, and violin bow Wing Instrument extends x/o’s ongoing inquiry into embodied duality, tracing where sound and structure, movement and stillness begin to blur. Suspended in air by chains, the wing shaped metal plate hovers in a state of potential; an instrument or appendage, something almost […]
re:Inventing the Wheel
Designed by XEL Re:inventing the Wheel is an exploration of sonic possibility. It is centred in listening in between and beyond the expected. it’s finding sound in the margins, in the overlooked, in the spaces between deliberate notes. This isn’t about creating a finished piece, but about the raw potential of listening to transform found […]
Anti-Resonant Body
Designed by Mark Wickstead 72” X 1.5” X .75”Oak, contact piezo mic, machine heads, guitar strings, violin bow Anti-Resonant Body is inspired by traditional instruments; the haegeum from Korea, the Chinese xiqin and Japanese shamisen. These traditional instruments served as a starting point only in the design of Anti- Resonant Body. Aesthetic decisions have been […]
