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Zimoun

http://www.zimoun.net/video.html

 

 

157 prepared dc-motors, cotton balls, cardboard boxes 60x20x20cm

Zimoun 2014

Picture of installation

Video of Piece

Since in week 4 I wrote about a piece of music, this week I decided to choose sound artist Zimoun, a swiss artist located in Bern, Switzerland. With Zimoun’s piece “157 prepared dc-motors, cotton balls, cardboard boxes 60x20x20cm” I really enjoy his use of space. Zimoun specializes in creating large-scale sound sculptures composed with simple and functional components. I really admire how he uses simple materials such as cardboard and balls to create grand immersive sculptures. Zimoun uses prepared systems to control the dc-motors in his piece, allowing for him to compute the movements they create. Zimoun is truly an artist who is capable of creating complex imagery and sound from simple space and simple machines. I admire his efficiency and ability to make great art out of commonplace objects, because it proves that great art does not need to be expensive to create. It is art of the common people.