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"Le grand événement du second week-end est sans aucun doute l'installation-performance Clicks'n'Cars, qui nous arrive de Belgique. Sous la gouverne de Hans De Man, spécialiste en robotique et cofondateur de l'étiquette Foton, des musiciens et deejay's concocteront une musique qui sera diffusée par de bien étranges haut-parleurs. En effet, ce sont quatre carcasses d'automobiles qui serviront, littéralement, de haut-parleurs... Pendues au plafond de la grande salle de l'Usine C, les carrosseries seront munies d'un équipement sophistiqué reproduisant les vibrations musicales. Ce spectacle sera repris le lendemain." Excerpt from La Scena Musicale - Vol. 9, No. 3 November 2003.
DESCRIPTION
A project by Foton (http://www.foton.be/) in which Szkieve participated in 2003. Clicks 'n' Cars is an impressive audiovisual installation, involving four brand new car frames and four shakers, state-of-the-art scientific tools normally used in vibrational research. The car frames are attached to the ceiling and become loudspeakers by sending amplified sound into the shakers. Each car frame functions simultaneously as loudspeaker membrane and -housing, as well as musical instrument due to its particular frequency response. Using the installation, Foton artists provide a unique soundtrack of extreme frequency patterns, stripped-down soundscapes and physical resonances. Onto the futuristic visual experience created by the suspended car frames, a dreamlike layer is added through clever use of stroboscopic and ambient lighting effects. All these elements turn a Clicks 'n' Cars performance into a unique blend of auditory and visual wonder.
PAST PRESENTATIONS
Szkieve participated in the two presentations of Clicks'n'Cars :
2003, November 21. Montréal, Québec
With Vromb / Elektra Festival. Usine C.
2003, November 20. Montréal, Québec
With Vromb / Elektra Festival. Usine C.
PICTURES
Photos: 2003, November 20-21 (Montréal, Québec).
MORE PICTURES
Visit: http://www.metarc.com/liens/clicks/ for more images by Maïté de Hemptinne.