FutureEverything - winner of the Lever Prize 2010

Organised Sound - Sarah Farmer

2010
Installation/Kinetic Sculpture - Wood, electronic timer switches, drill, record player, DC power supply, found objects

Organised sound (by Gloggomobils, record player, timers and found objects) combines an interest in technology, old and new, with a make shift DIY approach to objects and art. The Gloggomobils (copied from a Swiss musical toy) function as programmable barrel organs, triggering a hammering action which hits objects and therefore makes them resonate.  The adapted record player acts as a wet finger to a wine glass, again causing the object to resonate at it’s natural frequency.  Timer switches cause the electronic objects to stop and start, adding a rhythmic structure to the sounds. The sounds are partly arranged by the artist following existing musical and mathematical systems, and partly dictated by the technologies used.