Yuri Suzuki Installs “Sonic Playground” at High Museum of Art
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Yuri Suzuki, a Japanese artist, has installed six colorful sculptures that swallow, modify and regurgitate sounds in Atlanta.Presented on the High Museum of Art’s outdoor Sifly Piazza, this installation by internationally renowned designer Yuri Suzuki featuYuri Suzuki Installs “Sonic Playground” at High Museum of Art
Yuri Suzuki, a Japanese artist, has installed six colorful sculptures that swallow, modify and regurgitate sounds in Atlanta.Presented on the High Museum of Art’s outdoor Sifly Piazza, this installation by internationally renowned designer Yuri Suzuki features ingenious, colorful sculptures that modify and transmit sound in unusual, engaging and playful ways.Named “Sonic Playground,” the interactive installation features six powder-coated steel sound sculptures composed of snaking pipes, dishes and and horns.This installation is made up of six interactive sound sculptures that manipulate sound depending on where you are standing, listening or speaking. Using horns and pipes, the acoustics can travel from one end to the other in a playful way, by kneeling down to listen or sitting between two pipes sounds and can be transported from different parts of the sculptures to create a fun and unique listening experience. The main material of the pieces is steel, powder coated to give a matte painted finish in bright playful colors.One of the most intriguing pieces is the parabolic dishes. These require a certain amount of exploring, finding the exact spot where you can hear the reflection of sound at its most prominent.Working alongside engineers, the design was tweaked to make the piece acoustically sound as well as structurally safe. This required changing the sound horns to faceted horns and adding extra supports to enhance the structural sterdyness.Yuri Suzuki is a sound artist, designer and electronic musician who explores the realms of sound through exquisitely designed pieces. His work looks into the relationship between sound and people, and how music and sound effect their minds. His sound, art and installations have been exhibited all over the world.In 2013, he started teaching at Royal College of Art as well as becoming a research consultant for Disney, New Radiophonic Workshop and Teenage Engineering.During this same year, he set up Yuri Suzuki Design Studio, focusing on R&D, sound and design consultancy work, where he collaborates with many clients including Google, Moog, will.i.am, Panasonic and Disney, to name a few.“My idea was to create an unexpected and unusual audio experience. I wanted people to start impulsive communications through these sculptures,” Dezeen quoted Suzuki.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more