Oak Apple Orchestra
A kinetic sound installation composed of sculptural instruments activated by oak apples attached to battery-powered clock motors. These mechanisms generate continuously shifting rhythmic patterns, creating an evolving soundscape that unfolds across the space.
As the audience moves through the installation, subtle variations in rhythm and timing become perceptible, inviting an embodied listening experience. The combination of organic oak galls and simple electromechanical systems explores the intersection of natural forms and mechanical repetition, blurring the boundaries between the organic and the constructed.
As the audience moves through the installation, subtle variations in rhythm and timing become perceptible, inviting an embodied listening experience. The combination of organic oak galls and simple electromechanical systems explores the intersection of natural forms and mechanical repetition, blurring the boundaries between the organic and the constructed.
Self playing guitars in the Wyre Forest
Plastic Bongos set in a wooden frame
Steel Drum painted with egg tempera
and mounted on a goat willow stand
and mounted on a goat willow stand
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Cello with twelve clock motors
Engraved glassware and oak apples
Wyre Forest
Wyre Forest
Lead crystal glass-ware on a beech wood branch
Four string
Electric bass guitar |
Three string
Electric bass guitar |
Gusle
Goat willow stand |
Tin cans
spiral on a branch |
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A selection of recordings
Eleven oak apples strike a glass bowl
Oak apples
