Sliding under Traces, 2016 / Installation overview

Sliding under Traces


2016

Materials:

Breeded snail colony (Helix pomatia), intensively climatized habitat, barrel, pump, hose,

sprinkelers, handblown glass flask, plinth witht dustcover, bench,

Mini-mac, amplified snail-sounds, multi-channel software, algorythm, 8 active dome-speakers in a 'fibonacci' set-up [1]


1. starting from your feet - at snail level - and evolving into a golden ratio of sound by the route of suspended slime showers.

Dimensions:

1020 x 760 cm (devided over 2 floors)

Photo:

Luciana Caputo

Sliding under Traces, 2016 / Collected snail slime (330 ml), handblown flask, copper electrodes - 35 x 19,5 x 12 cm
Sliding under Traces, 2016 / Detail: bottom view
Sliding under Traces, 2016 / Detail: slime shower (active dome speaker)
Sliding under Traces, 2016 / Collected snail slime (330 ml), handblown flask, copper electrodes - 35 x 19,5 x 12 cm
Sliding under Traces, 2016 / Installation overview
Sliding under Traces, 2016 / Floorplan (speaker setup)
Sliding under Traces, 2016 / Detail: upper view
Sliding under Traces, 2016 / Detail: slime shower (active dome speaker)