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SoleNoid 2008

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SoleNoid, 2008 | [Materials] Shoes, Steel, Wood, Rubber, Industrial Computer, Compressed Air Components.     Dimensions: ❬4.5m x 4.5m x 0.5m❭     Photographer: Medial Mirage / Matthias Möller, Leipzig, Germany.


A composition of glossy white wooden discs adorned with sculptural structures and mechanical manipulators that pierce and hold classic black and white tap shoes with ornamental brogue patterns. Each individual shoe is held inches in the air above a small circular metal plate. Eight such structures are arranged symmetrically in a circular pattern upon a large 4m diameter black wooden disc. Thus forming a pattern of circles within circles... The mechanical elements, more accurately the compressed air cylinders and valves, are combined with a spaghetti of electrical wires and air hoses. This allows each shoe to move in various ways: toe tap, heal tap, stamp, shuffle, leather slap, etc... Each movement produces its own characteristic sound. The sculpture alternates between:

1. A preprogrammed composition by Marko Wild. Sounds occur sometimes in synchronization and other times in backbeats. It's a concert of different tones, all short, sharp, and to the point so that in some fast passages, the mind links it to the sound of castanets.

2. Interactive: the audience can play SoleNoid via a keyboard. Pressing one or a combination of the teardrop-shaped keys will trigger short sequences of movements. This simple sequencer allows complex movements and sounds to be effortlessly patched together by the audience to produce new compositions.




SoleNoid, 2009 Video documentation @ Werk II kulturfabrik, Leipzig



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SoleNoid | Photographer: Medial Mirage / Matthias Möller | 2009 @ Werk II kulturfabrik, Leipzig, Germany.



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SoleNoid | Photographer: Medial Mirage / Matthias Möller | 2009 @ Werk II kulturfabrik, Leipzig, Germany.



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SoleNoid | Photographer: Medial Mirage / Matthias Möller | 2009 @ Werk II kulturfabrik, Leipzig, Germany.