Orchestra of the Ignored | Filips Stanislavskis

So much of what people pass by every day gets unnoticed, unappreciated and left to be seen as ordinary.  When starting the project I came to the realization that there are so many different sounds around me I never noticed or simply ignored. I wanted to bring these ignored sounds, objects to the foreground. ​ The sound installation is consisting of a mechanical clock, an Arduino Uno, solenoids and batteries. Designed to be mounted onto a wall with every solenoid attached to a different surface material found on and around the wall. Each solenoid produces a different sound when banging against the surface. Every hour the minute hand pushes a switch that activates the machine, creating an orchestra of a diversity of sounds and beats. The plan was to make music by playing with the materials that are already permanently installed in the space, to name a few possibilities -, a brick wall, a plaster wall, a glass window, a window frame, ventilation tubes, heating pipe, etc. Each material pro

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