IMMERTABLE meets LOST & FOUND ORCHESTRA

Lost & Found Orchestra is an ongoing sound art project by artist Daniel Maalman from The Netherlands that was intervened by the project IMMMERTABLE that I devoloped at Etopia Art Center. The idea behind the work is that any sound or noise can be the basis for a music composition, and that therefore potential music compositions are hiding all around us, sleeping in the surfaces and objects we don’t generally perceive as sources of music. Through this ongoing project we were hunting for site-specific sounds that are hidden in objects. These objects and their sounds are then used in a composition that is especially written for a particular place which is carried out in real-time by a collection of small rhythm machines.

In this case the objects that are used are all found in Zaragoza. They form the basis that the installation is based on and their sounds are the starting point for the composition. The objects and the city that they are found in are the inspiration for the musical piece.

The Immertable project is making it possible for the audience to influence the composition and make a direct connection to the objects and their sounds. The interactive table functions as a communication device to the sound installation, the rhythm machines and the objects. It lets the visitor step into the role of the conductor of the orchestra, and be a maestro to the sounds in the objects. By adding, moving and removing objects on and from the Immertable the musical experience of the visitors can be moulded and manipulated in real-time.