Museum hosts Electric Eclectics Installation
Posted by John Malloy on 07/20/2011
The Meaford Museum is proud to be hosting an art installation by artist Donna Legault as part of the preparations for the Electric Eclectics Festival being held from July 29th to31st.
The installation, called Cymatic Imprints, offers visitors the experience of physically engaging withtheir sonic environment. In this multi-sensory installation, a custom computer program transformsthe sounds made by visitors into speaker motion by transposing the pitch to sub-audible levels.The movements of the speakers generate movements of extensions (jewellery grade chain) whichthen make contact with the floor creating patterns in the sand. The sounds made by the chains onthe floor sounds mingle with those of viewers and ambient noise to create a causal loop of co-responsive activity with limitless variation.
Donna, an artist from Ottawa working in the field ofelectronic art, sound installation, sculpture andperformance, will be hosting a larger version of thisinstallation at the Funny Farm during the festival andhas had even larger versions in numerous locationsacross Ontario during the last year.All those who have visited the installation have beenfascinated with this responsive art. Clapping, whistling,singing and giggling can be heard from visitors of allages as they watch their sounds come alive.
The installation will be available for viewing untilearly August at the Museum or at the Electric EclecticsFestival. For more information on the festival, and to.find out ticket information please visithttp://c3r.ca/electriceclectics5/ForinformationontheMuseumvisitwww.meafordmuseum.ca or call 519-538-5974.
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