TWRL Toboggans is a sound installation that seeks to make a connection between the natural and the synthetic, making possible different meanings for the element of water: as a physical material that generates sound, and as a substance with chemical properties that has an effect on the interaction between humans and nature. The permanent contact between water and electricity as an apparent risk plays a fundamental role in thinking through the relation between nature and artifice.
This project aims to provoke thought about media and electronic devices, placing water at the center of technological development. It explores the water element as an interface that interconnects with electronic devices, generating a tension between two elements that are extremely important to life: water and electricity, where the water becomes the center of this installation, acting as a variable resistor to modify and modulate the sound of DIY synthesizers.
Credits:
Name of the Work:
water resistance laboratory slides
Author:
Claudia González Godoy
Installation and assembly concept:
Claudia González Godoy
Sound design and hardware development:
Claudia González Godoy
Design and construction wooden structure:
Andrés Moreno
Programming:
Daniel Tirado
Collaboration:
Rodrigo Moreno, Silvia Godoy
Institutions:
Plataforma Bogotá (2013) Tsonami Sound Art Festival (2016)
Assembly assistants:
Daniel Tirado, Andrés Moreno
Photography:
Courtesy of the artist
Supported by Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio and the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores | Gobierno de Chile
