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Zimoun, an artist from Bern, Switzerland, uses sound in his work to create space. Using materials like plastic bags, wood, boxes he gives these elements a new touch, creating different relationships between elements that were probably never put together. For example, in one of his latest projects, for Meetfactory Prague, he uses medical infusion sets with water and fire:
[Medical infusion sets, water, fire, wire, metal sheets. Dimensions: Size variable. Installation view: Meetfactory Prague, Czech Republic]
He is usually referred to as a sound architect. Zimoun’s work has a certain degree of elegance, which is even stronger due to the use of different devices (wires, ventilators, motors) used to create a sound. Here, a work where the spectator finds himself surrounded by clapping, but nobody is in the room:
[DC-motors, wire islolated, cardboard boxes, laboratory power supply. Dimensions: 4.75 x 8.5 x 14m / 15.6 x 28 x 46 ft. Size variable. Installation view: CAN, Neuchatel, Switzerland]
As his vimeo channel says “Using simple and functional components, Zimoun builds architecturally-minded platforms of sound Exploring mechanical rhythm and flow in prepared systems, his installations incorporate commonplace industrial objects. In an obsessive display of simple and functional materials, these works articulate a tension between the orderly patterns of Modernism and the chaotic forces of life. Carrying an emotional depth, the acoustic hum of natural phenomena in Zimoun’s minimalist constructions effortlessly reverberates.”
[25 woodworms, wood, microphone, sound system]
[5 ventilators, 35 styrofoam balls, 5 helping hands, air]
If we look at the description of this piece, of the elements involved, we can see that the artist works with air. His aesthetics is generally minimalist, and he tries to use raw materials. What is important is this energy that comes out of each of his works, as if there were some kind of latent vitality. Furthermore, the installations have a beauty in themselves, as objects that create the sound.
[200 prepared dc-motors, 2000 cardboard elements 70x70cm]
In 2010 he won Prix Ars Electronica, Digital Musica & Sound Art, Honorary Mention. The jury stated that:
“The clean, elegant sound sculptures combine visual, sonic, and spatial elements in an organically balanced entirely artwork. Using simple and well- conceived mechanical systems, Zimouns‘s work transforms and activates the space.”
photo yatzer.com
Studio Zimoun between 2005 and 2007
For more information about the artist, please visit http://zimoun.net.
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