SINGING STONE SPEAKER

ca. 2023



Playfully hinting at popular outdoor rock-shaped speakers, this bronze cast music box domesticates the shape of a stone found in the mountains near Mexico City. A  listening stone-for-interiors that explores connections between sound and sculpture. An object through which to rehearse the sculptural convention of listening to the material.  When sculpting in stone, it is common practice to press one’s ear against the material while lightly tapping it. The sounds and vibrations can reveal properties in the medium that are hidden from sight: hollows, interior fractures, hardness, and so on. There is instant feedback from listening to stones when sculpting them; a true conversation with the material. In the tradition of bronze sculpture, there has been a pursuit in casting techniques in order to achieve better sonic resonance. Bronze casting was used to make some of the first metal instruments, like bells, cymbals, horns, and others


MATERIALS:
BRONZE, MUSIC BOX, TWITTER, SPEAKER, CABLING 

VARIATIONS:
ANTIQUE / SILVER / GOLDEN




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