Cristofué y Guacamaya, 2015
Birdcages, steel strings, bird feathers, tuning pegs, dc motors, piezos, macaw & kiskadee audio recordings, amplifier and transducers.
The Empty Gallery, Hong Kong.
Sonorous Objects 靜物之聲
Rolf Julius, Tomoko Sauvage, Rubén D'Hers & Marc Hurtado.
"For Cristo Fué y Gaucamaya (2015), venezuelan artist and self-taught musician Rubén D’Hers also left elements of his project up to chance, by using analog means to create sound. The installation consists of two wooden birdcages, each with steel strings and feathers attached to motors inside. Recordings of bird songs trigger the speed and activity of the motors, causing the feathers to brush the strings and let out guitar-like twangs. The feathers would occasionally become stuck, preventing a regular pattern from emerging and giving the disconcerting impression that the installation is alive rather than mechanized."
Simon Frank. Art Asia Pacific : “Sonorous Objects” at The Empty Gallery, Hong Kong.
