DESCRIPTION:
Michele Spanghero "Ratio"
sound sculptures (2012)
iron capsule, engraving, speaker, cable, shelf, audio system
(10 x 8,5 x 8,5 cm -- 8min loop)

In the series of sound sculptures "Ratio" the acoustic resonance of empty spaces (empty auditoriums and public spaces) is reproduced and compressed within small metal capsules on which are engraved the compression ratios between the volume of the recorded rooms and that of the sculptures.

www.michelespanghero.com

filmed at the exhibition "Empty Matters" at Galerie Mazzoli, Berlin 2012
2012 © M. Spanghero - courtesy the artist and Galerie Mazzoli Berlin