The last days, between June 16th and 19th, at the contemporary art fair Art Basel 2016, celebrated in Basel, Switzerland, is has been opened the Zimoun's last art piece - this time inside a container.

In the Art Basel 2016 contemporary art fair, it has been able to visit  the last artwork of the Swiss artist Zimoun, commissioned by Sennheiser. Once again, Zimoun has translated his obsession about the difficult meeting point between the Modernism’s organization pattern and chaos of the life’s reality, at this time with a sound installation composed by 317 paper bags driven by independent prepared dc motors, and all is installed inside a shipping container, with the title 317 prepared dc-motors, papper bags, shipping container | Zimoun 2016.

On the contemporary art event of Art Basel 2016, Zimoun has been commissioned by Sennheiser to create a new immersive installation enclosed within an old shipping container. Lined with hundreds of paper bags - placed on the walls, floor, and ceiling of the container - each bag contains an engine, which moves it independently. Completely surrounded by a large number of small sound generation systems, the viewer is immersed in a three-dimensional sound composition. One person at the time can access the container through an opening on its floor. The container stands on some kind of "legs" which allow the audience to walk under the container. Despite the consciously chosen simplicity, the system shows organic characteristics and complex behaviors that create an apparent vibrancy. Thousands of small paper sounds - crunching, murmuring, rustling and crackling - develop and meld into an all-encompassing audio space. Each audible sound is produced in the space in real-time. The large number of sound generators, each of which operates independently, creates a highly complex overall sound that can never be repeated identically. The creation of each sound is visible because all of the sounds are created by the moving material. We hear what we see and the audible becomes visible.

Using simple and functional components, Zimoun builds architecturally-minded platforms of sound. Exploring mechanical rhythm and flow in prepared systems, his installations incorporate commonplace industrial objects. In an obsessive display of simple and functional materials, these works articulate a tension between the orderly patterns of Modernism and the chaotic forces of life. Carrying an emotional depth, the acoustic hum of natural phenomena in Zimoun's minimalist constructions effortlessly reverberates.
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Zimoun Studio.
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Sennheiser
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317 DC motors, 317 paper bags, 1 shipping container.
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Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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16.06>19.06
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Zimoun, born in Switzerland in 1977, autodidact, lives and works in Bern. His work has been exhibited and performed on five continents, and has been recognized with awards from Bundesamt für Kultur/BAK, the Aeschlimann Corti Award, Prix Ars Electronica, and the Kiefer Hablitzel Preis from the Swiss Art Awards.

Using simple and functional components, Zimoun builds architecturally-minded platforms of sound. Exploring mechanical rhythm and flow in prepared systems, his installations incorporate commonplace industrial objects. In an obsessive display of curiously collected material, these works articulate a tension between the orderly patterns of Modernism and the chaotic forces of life. Carrying an emotional depth, the acoustic hum of natural phenomena blends effortlessly with electric reverberation in Zimoun's minimalist constructions.

Past exhibitions of his work have included the National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Vasarely Fondation, Aix-en-Provence; Haus für elektronische Künste, Basel; Nam June Paik Art Museum, Korea; Ringling Museum of Art, Florida; Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei; Seoul Museum of Art, Korea; Museum of Contemporary Art, Liechtenstein; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes; Museum Les Champs Libres, Rennes; Harnett Museum of Art, Richmond; Kunsthalle Bern; Museum of Fine Arts, Bern; bitforms gallery, New York; Galerie Denise René, Paris; Oboro Gallery, Montreal; National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest; Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul; Beall Art Center, Los Angeles; List Art Center, Brown University, Providence; CUNY Graduate Center, New York; Kunstverein, Mannheim; Metropolitan Arts Center, Belfast; Museum of Contemporary Art (MSUM), Ljubljana; Art Basel, Switzerland; and the Museo d’Art, Lugano; among others.

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Published on: July 1, 2016
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