Toonstelling

29 july - 30 september 2012

Toonstelling is a sound installation in which the principle of stringed instruments has been freed from its orthodox form and applied in a new way.

Large suction cups are attached to the ceiling of the Pavilion. Sixteen thin wooden cabinets of 1.20 x 1.20 m hang on piano strings. The cabinets are 'played' by electromagnets that hit the strings like automatic little hammers in a composed way. The vibration of the strings is amplified by elements from electric guitars and played by speakers attached to the cabinets. Moving the speakers causes the cabinets to vibrate again, followed by the strings. This creates a feedback loop where the strings and speakers feed off each other. The combined sounds from the sixteen cabinets provide a simple, yet simultaneously rich sound.

With his installation, Kasper van Hoek shows that, in the age of electrically amplified instruments, form and function are not as connected as one might think. Toonstelling shows a different form of the stringed instrument.