{"id":115843,"date":"2025-05-20T01:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T01:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/115843\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T01:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T01:50:12","slug":"ubiquitous-objects-transform-into-ambient-soundscapes-in-zimouns-installations-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/115843\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubiquitous Objects Transform into Ambient Soundscapes in Zimoun’s Installations \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Objects often regarded as fixtures of modern life\u2014cardboard boxes, glass cups, and plastic jugs, to name a few\u2014become generative materials in the soundscapes of Swiss artist Zimoun<\/a>\u00a0(previously<\/a>). Connected to small, direct-current motors, wires and strings strung across installations of these unassuming items rattle and twirl to create continuous, ambient noise.<\/p>\n

Zimoun frequently references the tension between chaos and order in his works, particularly as it relates to the relationship between the individual elements and the larger composition. For a recent project for Rewire in The Hague, for example, the artist tethered piano strings to 24 polyethylene tanks in one room and to 36 water containers in another. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

While the basic construction was the same, the way the vibrating wires interacted with the vessels affected their timbre. \u201cEach of the spaces sounds distinctly different, even though the same principle was applied throughout. Both deep, bass-like sounds and very varied, constantly changing overtones can emerge,\u201d the artist says.<\/p>\n

Exploring the possibilities of such simple materials is at the core of many of Zimoun\u2019s works, as he shifts our perspective on their uses and functionality. Appearing animate, each object becomes an instrument in its own right, as the kinetic, often frenetic, movement of the machines transforms a wood-slatted door or metal barrel into a sonic apparatus.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth poking around Zimoun\u2019s Vimeo<\/a> to explore the breadth of the installations and their subtly varied sounds. The artist has several exhibitions<\/a> planned for later this year and throughout 2026, so follow the latest on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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