The Circle Flute
Artist:
Brynjar Sigurðarson
Artist:
Veronika Sedlmair
Date:
2016
Medium:
Photograph on aluminium
Materials:
Aluminium
Collection:
Lafayette anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Domain:
Photographie
Thanks to the support of Lafayette Anticipations and the expertise of Parisian luthier Jean-Yves Roosen, Studio Brynjar & Veronika was able to create a circular flute 250 centimetres in diameter which is activated by four performers and a listener in the centre. The duo wanted to recreate an atypical experience composed of four simultaneous waves of sound and to showcase the dying art of certain craftsmanship through the creation of a virtuoso object. The instrument travelled in sixteen separate pieces in a suitcase to a fishing village in Iceland, Flattery, accompanied by the artist duo, flautists, and the composer Þráinn Hjálmarsson. The team worked there for eleven consecutive days in order to master circular breathing and develop all the acoustic possibilities, from quarter tones to wind sounds, in harmony with the grandiose volcanic landscape where the photograph was taken. At the end of the workshop, the performers put together a musical repertoire that changed the connections between the members of the quartet and thus shifted the relationship with the spectator in an all-encompassing collective experience.
Text written by Veronika Doszla as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Text written by Veronika Doszla as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.