Opening “Cymatics” – Suguru Goto
October 20, 2011 6:53 pm
Thursday, October 27th 2011 6.30 pm
Chamber of commerce of Turin, Palazzo Birago, via Carlo Alberto 16
Opening Cymatics by Suguru Goto
Cymatics is a kinetic sculpture and sound installation that expresses the artist’s vision of nature through a series of symbolic elements that are used harmoniously in a technological context.
Cymatics creates real spaces that are metaphysical and spiritual at the same time. A place where art is a bridge between the material and the spiritual, between technology and nature, and between the humanities and science. Two cubes, two rooms, two substances – water and non-Newtonian fluid – are brought together into spaces where sound waves transform the substances into geometric shapes. The result is a harmonic vision of the elements of nature, demonstrating the morphogenic effect of sound waves (cymatics).
All within an unusual setting: the rooms at frist floor of the eighteenth century Palazzo Birago, headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce of Turin, a building designed by Juvarra, one of the most interesting examples of baroque palace in the heart of Turin, now restored and returned to tourists and citizens.
The creative process involved building a synergy between music to be seen and images to be heard, so as to create a sensorial performance for the complexity of human perception.
Goto’s works have been performed at major festivals. In 1998, he was invited to perform at Sonar, Barcelona; in 2003, he gave a concert at the Pompidou Centre, in Paris; and in 2009 his ’Robotic Music’ was shown at the 53rd Venice Biennale in Italy.
Cymatics is the second project to be produced by Action Sharing, an initiative proudly sponsored by the Torino Chamber of Commerce.
Action Sharing is designed to create a platform for syncretic research, encouraging the convergence of art, innovation and science. Action Sharing is the only project of its kind in Europe to give artists a team of robotics engineers, with specific high-level expertise, to produce works of visual art.
The installation will be open to the public every day from 28th October to 6th November, from 5.00 pm to 7.30 pm, and Saturday, 5th November from 5.00 pm to midnight.