Minotaur
An audio sculpture built around a Van de Graaff generator: a black form of metal-coated tinsel that responds to electrostatic charge as visitors move through it, animating and distorting itself. In collaboration with Irena Knezevic.
At the center of the black minimal object, comprised entirely of metal-coated tinsel resides a Van de Graaff generator, producing an electrostatic charge (~700 kV at minimal amperage) that is distributed by visitors moving through the object. In this process, electrostatics animate and distort the sculpture itself, paralleled by an audio broadcast that is generated by the charge in real time. Like the minotaur in Greek mythology, the piece is lingering with potential, made visceral through the skin (hair raising), and audible through responsive sounds.
The work revolves around the labyrinth as an archaic structure. The maze appears throughout history as an encryption mechanism, used as the signature for architects, a testament of ingenuity, and a device for musical invention (Labyrinthus Musicus). The maze provides the artistic material for the Minotaur, both physically and sonically. Physically, the maze is represented by a disorienting physical object, sonically through the labyrinth score.
Minotaur
Metal-coated vinyl, Electrostatics
8ft x 11ft x 8ft
- With
- Irena Knezevic