Zimoun

Opening on 22 October in Modena, as part of the NODE festival, the solo show by the Swiss artist Zimoun brings together sound art and spatial architecture.

On Saturday 22 October, as part of the NODE festival, “605 prepared dc-motors, cardboard boxes” will open, marking the first solo show in an Italian museum space by the Swiss artist Zimoun, known for his works that bring together sound art and spatial architecture.
Zimoun, <i>605 prepared dc-motors, cardboard boxes</i>
Zimoun, 80 prepared dc-motors, tension springs, felt balls, cardboard boxes 70 x 70 x 70 cm
The exhibition, curated by Filippo Aldovini, is organised and produced by the Galleria Civica di Modena and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena in collaboration with the Associazione Lemniscata and fuse. The exhibition will occupy the five rooms of the Palazzina dei Giardini in Modena, each of which will feature a kinetic installation built with simple materials – cardboard boxes, cotton spheres, metal cables, wood, etc. – and equipped with mechanical systems that generate sounds and noises. Complex living organisms capable of inhabiting the space in which they are displayed via a subtle yet never banal relationship between sound and the surrounding environment.
Using common industrially produced objects and minimalist constructions, Zimoun explores mechanical rhythms and the tension between the well-ordered models of Modernism and the chaotic force of life. His works bring together the skills of the engineer, the architect, the craftsman, the researcher, the arranger and the orchestral conductor. An autodidact, obsessed by the simplicity of objects and the movements and sounds generated by them, he stoically continues to oppose the dictatorship of new media and technology, reminding us of how the artist may transform the perception of our surroundings.
Zimoun, <i>605 prepared dc-motors, cardboard boxes</i>
Zimoun, 130 prepared dc-motors, wire isolated, cardboard boxes 30 x 30 x 5 cm
Through the deliberate use of titles that describe his works simply as a list of the materials and mechanical components adopted, Zimoun’s sound sculptures call on observers to make a further imaginative effort, making him an active participant in the completion of the work itself. “In my works, you listen to what you see. Hence, the relationship between materials, movement and sound is clear and essential.” – Zimoun.

22 October 2016 – 5 March 2017
Zimoun. 605 prepared dc-motors, cardboard boxes
Galleria civica di Modena
Palazzina dei Giardini, corso Canalgrande, Modena

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