23.07 — 24.07.2023
Description
An open air sound installation by Dimitris Georgakopoulos and Coti K., a sculpture that serves as an Aeolic harp. The work’s title has been inspired by the myth of Icarus. The two elements of the myth that gave rise to the work’s concept are arrogance and fall.
The installation consists of two rectangular six-metre-long and three-metre-high surfaces, made of one hundred three-metre-long wooden boards arranged horizontally and parallelly, a short distance apart from each other. These surfaces converge to each other, leaving only a narrow passing between them. The air entering them gets compressed and comes out forcefully through a row of strings about two metres long, producing an eerie yet enchanting sound.
The work deliberately chooses not to use modern technology and to be based on its relationship with nature, raising the question about the extent to which man can create works without harming the environment.
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