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Sound Balances
- five kinetic sound sculptures, 1995
Five kinetic sound sculptures that function according to the principle
of balance. The crossbar of a balance holds a stone at one of its ends
and a flat water bowl at its other end. On top of the sculpture there is
a water reservoir from which the water runs through a pipe and then
through a valve down into the bowl.
Once a certain amount of water has filled the bowl, the arm gets out of
balance and the bowl becomes a spout, pouring out the water after which
the arm swings back. Therefore the stone at the other end of the arm
hits on a metal disc generating a sound. Afterwards the process repeats
itself.
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Sound Balance in Babe, Brandenburg, Germany 1995, Photo: Rolf Langebartels
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