Laurin Schaub
Opening Thursday 12 September at 6 pm
Winner of the FEMS 2022 Prize, Laurin Schaub presents Sustain, an audiovisual installation made up of twenty-four painted containers, which emits long-lasting sounds by setting matter in vibration. Using a transducer placed under each container, the acoustic waves make the ceramic bowls vibrate like the membrane of a loudspeaker. Each bowl or container, because of its size and thickness, produces a unique sound within a chorus whose harmony depends on the potter’s hand.
Schaub has been working on the acoustic and musical properties of ceramics for several years now. At the crossroads of technology, mechanics, music, and craftsmanship, Schaub’s project pays tribute to the art of ceramics in all its possible forms. He draws on his training as a potter, shaping his clay instruments on a wheel and choosing to decorate each piece in a unique way, recalling the ancestral tradition of painted ceramics. By focusing on the sound of clay, he showcases the extraordinary change in the nature of the material that is so characteristic of the “arts of fire”.