"Imagined and created by artist Tim Hawkinson, the Uberorgan (or Überorgan) was initially created for a 15,000 square foot gallery at MassMOCA in 2001. The challenge of filling the volume of the gallery is what gave birth to the Uberorgan: how to create something that had a strong visual presence in such a large volume of space while simultaneously having strong auditory presence. The result was accomplished by Hawkinson adjusting his process by building models of the space to study how he would accomplish filling the space and avoid being caught 'shorthanded'. The final product involved a series of large scale balloons that were effectively large bagpipes producing music."
Odd Music
MASS MoCA
Acousmata (Video)
PBS: Tim Hawkinson (Video)
art 21: Uberorgan
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