TALKING DRUMS
site specific installation by Ulrich Eller
Singuhr Hörgallerie • Kleiner Wasserspeicher / Berlin (DE)
24. Mai > 13. Juli 2008

Forty identically constructed snare drums hang individually at face level on thin steel cords propped on circular wall positions along the architecture’s rhythmic pillars. All of the drums resonate the sound of short chalk strokes via inbuilt loudspeakers, similar to a quick writing process. The interaction results in a staccato-like, coincidental dialogue form, a “conversation” among the drums in different moods, wherein the sound backdrop permanently alters between the original sound of the recording and the typical resonating sound of the snare drum.

** Tuned City 2008 partner exhibition

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