Model 1:15 - Materials: Engine, Metal, Wood
Instrument tuned to resonate with the highest dominant room-mode freq. generated: 37 Hz.
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The model aims to reproduce the movement of the metal sheets that occurs inside the space.
Scaled following the logaritmic logic, the engine reproduces the tremors generated by the 2.5 Hz infrasonic frequency and makes the metal oscillate.
Scaled following the logaritmic logic, the engine reproduces the tremors generated by the 2.5 Hz infrasonic frequency and makes the metal oscillate.
SOUNDS OF ETNA
Year 2017
Place Volcano Etna, Sicily, It
Project Academic work, Atelier Holtrop
Typology Sensorial Pavilion
Theme Acoustic & mechanical resonation
Project patented through A.BRE.MAR.s.r.l
Etna is one of those volcanoes with great singing talent: with or without volcanic activity in fact, Etna emits a vast range of infrasounds. Studying the phenomenon of resonation and applying specific formulas, Sounds of Etna is designed to make the inaudible voice of the volcano perceivable. Excavated in Mount Etna’s ground, the space - along with the metal sheets that constitute it - is tuned to resonate at the frequency of the volcano. With the metal sheets transforming into vocal strings and with the space becoming the throat, Etna sings out loud.
“Stepping down,
black sight and silent body.
Skin expands, ears stretch,
infrasounds hap.
Glimmering lights bounce,
vibrating cold on shoulders,
roaring earth”
Year 2017
Place Volcano Etna, Sicily, It
Project Academic work, Atelier Holtrop
Typology Sensorial Pavilion
Theme Acoustic & mechanical resonation
Project patented through A.BRE.MAR.s.r.l
Etna is one of those volcanoes with great singing talent: with or without volcanic activity in fact, Etna emits a vast range of infrasounds. Studying the phenomenon of resonation and applying specific formulas, Sounds of Etna is designed to make the inaudible voice of the volcano perceivable. Excavated in Mount Etna’s ground, the space - along with the metal sheets that constitute it - is tuned to resonate at the frequency of the volcano. With the metal sheets transforming into vocal strings and with the space becoming the throat, Etna sings out loud.
“Stepping down,
black sight and silent body.
Skin expands, ears stretch,
infrasounds hap.
Glimmering lights bounce,
vibrating cold on shoulders,
roaring earth”
Model 1:15 - Materials: Engine, Metal, Wood
Instrument tuned to resonate with the highest dominant room-mode freq. generated 37 Hz.
The model aims to reproduce the movement of the metal sheets that occurs inside the space.
Scaled following the logaritmic logic, the engine reproduces the tremors generated by the 2.5 Hz infrasonic frequency and makes the metal oscillate.
Scaled following the logaritmic logic, the engine reproduces the tremors generated by the 2.5 Hz infrasonic frequency and makes the metal oscillate.
© Etna's infrasounds provided by INGV Catania, Italy
Rearrangement of "Etna plays the piano" by Roberto Barbera
Rearrangement of "Etna plays the piano" by Roberto Barbera