Gamelatron Roh Ageng Kempul, 2020 (Aaron Taylor Kuffner)
Published February 25. 2021 1:30PM
The Lyman Allyn Art Museum opens a new exhibition by conceptual artist, sculptor and composer Aaron Taylor Kuffner. Encountering Resonance: Aaron Taylor Kuffner’s Gamelatron will open Saturday and be on view through May 23.
A Gamelatron is a sound-producing kinetic sculpture presented as site-specific installations and stand-alone art works. Based on the Indonesian music tradition known as gamelan, they are made from bronze and iron instruments that are retrofitted with mechanical mallets on sculptural mounts. The elegant sculptures are connected to a computer that transmits digital compositions into an array of electrical pulsations, resulting in a ghostly, musical automaton.