Sound sculpture

Sound sculpture is one term for the multimedia artform where, as the name suggests, sculpture produces sound or, less often, the reverse. Most often sound sculpture artists were primarily either visual artists or composers, not having started out directly making sound sculpture. Other terms is sound art and sound installation.

Related Topics:
Multimedia - Sculpture - Sound

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Sound sculptures take the form of indoor sound installations, outdoor installations such as aeolian harps, automatons, or be more or less near conventional musical instruments. Cymatics has influenced sound sculpture. Sound sculpture is often site-specific.

Related Topics:
Aeolian harp - Automaton - Musical instruments - Cymatics - Site-specific

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Important artists include:

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• Maryanne Amacher
• Bernard Baschet and Francois Baschet, the Baschet Brothers
• Harry Bertoia
• Ellen Fullman
• Alvin Lucier
• Paul Panhuysen
• Hans Jenny
• Bill Fontana
• Phil Kline
 
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