PIA VAN GELDER

/ WORK / CREATIVE WORK:

SOFT SYNTH NO. 1, 2018, commisioned and exhibited at MAMA Albury, for Material Sound. Toured Nationally.
Textiles, electronics, sound.

Soft Synth No.1, 2018, Material Sound, installation view, Murray Art Museum Albury, 2018. Photo: Tyler Grace

Developed for the exhibition Material Sound, curated by Caleb Kelly, this is a piece that integrates a custom electronic synthesiser into a weaving. The synthesiser using the electrodermal activity generated by people touching the weaving to generate and modulate sound. Haptics, sounds, visual patterns and electricity are brought together to produce a noisy and playful experience.

See printed resource for the exhibition here.

See review for show in Artlink by Ann Finegan here.

Soft Synth No.1, 2018, Material Sound, installation view, Murray Art Museum Albury, 2018. Photo: Tyler Grace

Pia van Gelder, Soft Synth No.1 (detail), 2018, Material Sound, installation view, Manning Regional Art Gallery, 2020. Photo: Rose. E. Smith Photography

Pia van Gelder, Soft Synth No.1 (detail), 2018, Material Sound, installation view, Manning Regional Art Gallery, 2020. Photo: Rose. E. Smith Photography