Over ten years of sound artAernoudt Jacobs has spent over ten years combining physical phenomena with art to make sound installations, which he exhibits all over Europe. In the installation Permafrost, for instance, he amplifies the crackling sound of freezing water and melting ice. Jacobs‘s work Photophon is based on the photoacoustic effect discovered by Alexander Graham Bell: the artist chops up white laser light and lets his fragile installation “sing” different tones. And in the series of installations entitled Induction Series, he uses electromagnetic induction to tease out tones from various objects that are reminiscent of birds twittering.
In his work now exhibited in Vienna, the tones follow a choreography that combines movement and sound. The visitors will recognize exactly what they hear, but the tonality will keep changing – a combination that produces an unconventional yet very palpable echo effect.
Visit www.overtoon.org and www.tmrx.org for a glimpse into Aernoudt Jacobs‘s installations.