Selector Festival, which takes place in Krakow, Poland each year, is focused mainly on contemporary electronic and dance acts that tread the line between pop and innovation. At this year’s festival, which took place last week, the Warsaw-based multi-disciplinary collective panGenerator set up a rather unusual sound installation that looked like a steampunk church organ. Using an Arduino board, mattress pumps, plexiglass pipes and cans of Burn energy drink (the festival sponsors, naturally) they created an organ that produced sound kinetically based on the movement of the can through the pipe. The different positions of the cans meant produced varying tones, depending on the amount of air escaping from the “whistles" at the top of the pipes. Once the artists had set up the kinetic sculpture, called Burning Pipes, the sound developed quite naturally, despite the complicated look of all those cables and pumps.It’s an interesting approach to a site-specific installation, not only incorporating the festival sponsor into their bespoke instrument, but creating something that is both visually and audibly fascinating, while using quite a simple and effective structure.As the festival season has been getting into full swing, there have been many sound installations making noise for those who want an artistic twist with their summer sounds. London is looking like a promising destination for new work this year with the Gone With The Wind exhibition currently at Raven Row gallery until July 17. This group exhibition includes the sonorous creations of sound art pioneers Max Eastley, Takehisa Kosugi and Walter Marchetti. For those who like their summer events to be a bit more multimedia, look no further than the Roundhouse in London’s Camden Town. From August 9th they’ll be welcoming designer and architect Ron Arad’s Curtain Call, a 360° interactive installation featuring a curtain fashioned from 5,600 silicon rods suspended from an 18 metre diameter ring that will host films and concert performances.[via Create Digital Music]Photos: panGenerator
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