EKKO | Studio Thilo Frank

Modified wood, stainless steel wire, zinc coated steel, aluminum, concrete, microphones, amplified computer controlled sound-system EKKO consists of 200 wooden frames revolving once around their own axes around a circular concrete path. This inner form is enclosed by a fencelike structure consisting of another 200 wooden poles. depending on the daylight the shadow play creates alternating patterns - from further distance the sculpture flickers in a moiré effect. the visitor is challenged to perceive and explore the three-dimensional shape. While moving through the sculpture - built-in microphones pick up the sound of the visitors and a computer sound system filters and remixes the recorded sound and sends it to built-in electrodynamic resonators - the sculpture becomes an instrument and plays a constantly changing soundtrack. The work acts as an archive of sounds and at the same time the visitors' perception of space and presence is amplified.