Florian Claar

1996

Mixed Media, Water, Sensors, Elektromagnets 

21.6 m x 0.175 m x 0.2 m

Odawara Art Festival, Odawara/Japan

Positioned in the wooden hallway of a historic Japanese elementary school, a 21.6 meter long steel object is filled with water. With a wave-generator at each end and simple analog motion sensors in between, the water creates constantly changing complex rhythmic patterns. Small hammers, receiving impulses from the sensors, tap against walls, ceilings, and windows, creating a slowly changing complex, but controlled tapestry of sound.