In nature, clams are detectors of pollutants; they serve as tiny filtration systems. Inspired by this natural phenomenon, Marco Barotti is now presenting his new work Clams, a kinetic sound installation triggered by water quality.
Clams/Marco Barotti (DE/IT), Credits: Marco Barotti
Clams/Marco Barotti (DE/IT), Credits: Marco Barotti
Real-time data is streamed by a sensor and converted into an audio signal. The audio signal generates a live evolving soundscape which initiates the opening and closing movements of the Clams sculptures. Sound and motion unite to create an experience that allows the audience to see and hear the water quality in real time. The Clams sculptures are made from recycled industrial plastic waste. The artwork intends to raise awareness about water and plastic pollution.
Project Credits:
- Clams is a project realized by Marco Barotti within the framework of the European Media Art Platforms EMARE program at WRO Art Center with support of the Creative Europe Culture Program of the European Union.
- Co-funded by: C-Takt, Oerol Festival, and Transnatural
- Supported by: “In-Situ” water quality measurements and Dayton Audio
- Many thanks to: Anna Anderegg for conceptual advises, Pim Boreel for Hydro4Live development
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Biography:
Marco Barotti (DE/IT) is a media artist based in Berlin. After music studies at the Siena Jazz Academy, he began merging sound with visual art. His work is driven by a desire to invent an artistic language in which a fictional post-futurist era is expressed through kinetic sound interventions in natural and urban environments. His installations merge audio technology, consumer objects and waste into moving sculptures triggered entirely by sound. The primary focus of his work is to create a “tech ecosystem” that plays with resemblances to animals. These artworks serve as a metaphor for the anthropogenic impact on the planet and aim to make people aware of environmental issues.
https://www.marcobarotti.com
