Mollofono, mobile sculpture of the sound - CODAworx

Mollofono, mobile sculpture of the sound

Submitted by LISA BORGIANI

Client: Hospitals%2C%20Schools%2C%20University

Location: Milan, Italy

Completion date: 2018

Artwork budget: $30,000

Overview

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Goals

The%20concept%20is%20to%20have%20students%20and%20visitors%20interact%20with%20the%20sculpture%20and%20play%20different%20types%20of%20music.%20%20The%20intention%20is%20to%20show%20the%20participants%20the%20potential%20and%20development%20%20of%20new%20sounds%20created%20by%20the%20interaction%20of%20human%20and%20object.%0AStudents%20will%20be%20able%20to%20interact%20with%20the%20mobile%20machines%20in%20different%20ways%3A%0A-%20To%20compose%20new%20music%20encouraging%20them%20a%20dialogue%20through%20art%20and%20music%2C%20by%20exploring%20new%20way%20to%20live%20and%20interact%20with%20art%20and%20with%20other%20students.%0A-%20To%20give%20them%20the%20possibility%20to%20create%20their%20own%20music.

Process

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Additional Information

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