A Sea ChangeHeard by the DeepExhibition

CLAMSMarco Barotti (IT/DE)

Kinetic sound sculptures, 2019

Photo courtesy of the artist
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Barotti welcomes visitors into a poetic and immersive sonic experience – a metaphorical reinterpretation of the water quality from the Split aquatorium.
In nature, clams are the detectors of pollutants: they serve as tiny filtration systems.
CLAMS is a collection of kinetic sound sculptures which convert data from water quality sensors into sounds and movement. Each “clamˮ is constructed from recycled waste plastic and contains a loudspeaker. The continuously evolving microtonal soundscape gives each shell a subtle, life-like opening and closing motion.
Recorded data from a water purity sensor placed in the Split aquatorium form the basis for the music. This generated composition constantly evolves with the water quality levels over time.
CLAMS invites the audience to engage with the water and its surrounding environment, bridging the gap between media art, data sonification and the imperative of ecological preservation.

CLAMS is a project created and produced by Marco Barotti
Software development: Marco Accardi, Pim Boreel
Special thanks to Anders Ehlin, Marco Canevacci, Yena Young, Stefan Dietzelt, Carsten Reith, Daniel Brunet & Markus Wüste for their advice and support
CLAMS was developed at the WRO Art Center within the framework of EMAP - European Media Art Platform / EMARE
Co-funded by: European Union through the Creative Europe programme, C-Takt, Oerol Festival, and Transnatural
Supported by: Ambient and “in situ” water quality measurements
CLAMS was awarded the NTU Global Digital Art Award in Singapore in 2019

Marco Barotti (IT/DE)

Marco Barotti is a media artist based in Berlin. After completing his music studies at the Siena Jazz Academy, he began merging sound with visual art. His work is driven by a desire to invent an artistic language in which a fictional post-futurist era is expressed through kinetic sound interventions in natural and urban environments. His installations merge audio technology, consumer objects, and waste into moving sculptures triggered entirely by sound. His work primarily focuses on creating a “tech ecosystem” that plays with resemblances to animals and plants. These artworks serve as a metaphor for the anthropogenic impact on the planet and aim to make people aware of environmental and social issues. Barotti has been awarded the NTU Global Digital Art Prize (CLAMS), the Tesla Award (Swans) and the Delux Colour Award (Sound of Light). His work has been exhibited internationally at festivals and organizations like Ars Electronica, LABoral, WRO Art Center, Polytech Festival, ZER01NE, FACT, Kikkk, ISEA and many more.

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