project image Rotterdam, 2000/2001 - invited Spatial Sounds
(100dB at 100km/h) is an interactive audio installation by
Marnix de Nijs and Edwin van der Heide. In this engine-powered
work, a speaker is mounted onto a rotating arm that is several
meters long. Like a watchdog, the machine scans the surrounding
space for visitors and you had better step back, well out of
reach. You will hear the sound of the mighty motor revving up;
turning over and over; faster and faster. You will feel the
displacement of air as the speaker rushes past you. it’s a game
of attraction and repulsion between machine and visitor and with
a rotating arm swinging with such force and power, closer
investigation could be simply tempting fate. When people enter
the room they are immediately detected and the machine is
directly influenced. It reacts both musically and with gestures.