Korean artist Bohyun Yoon is interested in challenging how to visualize invisibility. The "Glass Tube," is inspired by an Optics & Resonance demonstration at the physics lab at Brown University. There, Yoon came to understand how to construct a simple instrument using glass tubes, a blow torch and small section of metal mesh. The various sounds are created depending on the size and thickness of a tube. One specific tube can only make one specific sound and together they create a new form of ephemeral music. Each have also been given an onomatopoeic name, such as Pheeyeahhhh, Yeyounnng, and Byooooong. In the accompanying video, the composition and editorial choices display harmony and struggle within the same action which represents a dream of a world where weapons transform themselves into musical instruments.
Project Venue: Craft Futures, Renwick Gallery The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
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Video: http://vimeo.com/45392103#
Project Venue: Craft Futures, Renwick Gallery The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
http://americanart.si.edu/pr/library/2012/40/40_checklist.pdf
Video: http://vimeo.com/45392103#