VANHOOF, FLORIS - TALKING GONGS (CD)

"Talking Gongs is an installation in which automatically resonating gongs hang in two metal frames. The gongs function as loudspeaker membranes that translate pre-recorded vibrations into sound. As the signal alternates between both gongs, these disk shapes seem to communicate with each other. With this installation I found a way to translate the electronic sounds that I play on a modular synthesizer to a museum context. Vibrations make reverb while traveling through the shiny metal alloy of the gongs. This enhances our spatial sense of the two­dimensional disks floating in the cubes. F.V." (label info)