Clicks 'n' Cars is an impressive audiovisual installation, involving four brand new car frames and four shakers, state-of-the-art scientific tools normally used in vibrational research.
The car frames are attached to the ceiling and become loudspeakers by sending amplified sound into the shakers. Each car frame functions simultaneously as loudspeaker membrane and -housing, as well as musical instrument due to its particular frequency response.
Using the installation, Foton artists provide a unique soundtrack of extreme frequency patterns, stripped-down soundscapes and physical resonances.
Onto the futuristic visual experience created by the suspended car frames, a dreamlike layer is added through clever use of stroboscopic and ambient lighting effects.
All these elements turn a Clicks 'n' Cars performance into a unique blend of auditory and visual wonder.
Clicks 'n' Cars was presented at following events:
Vooruit, Ghent, 2002
Elektra Festival, Montréal, 2003
Concept & production: Hans De Man & Peter Van Hoesen
Technical assistance: Jean-Paul Schepens
Support: Free University of Brussels (VUB), Department of Multibody Mechanics
View the Clicks 'n' Cars Quicktime movie (9.1 Mb)
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