HZWEIO - Martin Breindl und Bernhard Kathan (AT)
An arrangement of six blue plastic barrels with a capacity of about two hundred litres each are arranged such that they are exposed to direct sunlight. Each of the barrels contains approximately one hundred empty PET bottles which are slightly squeezed and hermetically sealed again. The plastic bottles expand with increasing temperature and contract when the environment cools down. Expansion as well as contraction produce a variety of clicking and popping noises on a low volume. Microphones pick up these sounds from within the barrels and transmit them to a speaker system in public space. The sonic pattern follows an algorithm entirely bound to the laws of nature, of a rhythm of day and night as well as of changes of temperature due to weather conditions.
Martin Breindl, * 1963, Vienna, A. Works in the fields of media-performances, installation, net.art, radio art, sound art and visual arts.
Bernhard Kathan, * 1953, Fraxern, A. Dr. phil. Lives as an artist and author in Innsbruck, realizes projects in public space, mostly at the interface between art and science.