Clams
By Marco Barotti | Professional (International category)
“It is important for me to see Singapore as a new country that is developing very fast. It needs external inspirations from international artists to help the local community develop… new way of thinking in realising art. NTU is scaling it.”
~ Marco Barotti
In nature, clams are detectors of pollutants and serve as tiny filtration systems. Inspired by this natural phenomenon, Marco Barotti presents his new work Clams, a kinetic sound installation triggered by water quality. Real-time data is streamed by a sensor and converted into an audio signal which generates a live evolving soundscape and initiates the opening and closing movements of the Clam sculptures. Sound and motion band together to create an experience for the audience to “see” and “hear” water quality in real time. The Clams sculptures are made from recycled industrial plastic waste and intended to raise awareness about water and plastic pollution.
Location
ADM Gallery 1
About the Artist
Marco Barotti is a media artist based in Berlin. After music studies at the Siena Jazz Academy, he began merging sound with visual art. His work is driven by a desire to invent an artistic language in which a fictional post-futurist era is expressed through kinetic sound interventions in natural and urban environments. His installations merge audio technology, consumer objects and waste into moving sculptures triggered entirely by sound. The primary focus of his work is to create a “tech ecosystem” that plays with resemblances to animals. These artworks serve as a metaphor for the anthropogenic impact on the planet and aim to make people aware of environmental issues.
His work has been exhibited internationally in: Ars Electronica (Linz) Wro Art Center (Wroclaw) Futurium (Berlin), Saatchi Gallery (London), Würth Museum (La Rioja), Polytech Festival (Moscow), Emaf (Osnabrück), Fact (Liverpool) Lisboa Soa (Lisbon), Nuit Blanche (Brussels), Platoon (Mexico City), Urban Lights Ruhr (Hamm), and List í Ljósi Light Festival (Iceland).