Fluid Universe is a duo installation by artist Netaly Aylon and musician and sound artist Yifeat Ziv. It combines sculptural and musical/sonorous practices dedicated to the morphological and sonic study of the Sea Daffodil flower. Referring to the flowers' funnel-like shape, reminiscent of a gramophone, the sculptures become amplifiers, transforming sounds into the singing vibrations of a Sea Daffodil choir. The installation, developed during the residency program Caffe' Yodfat' at the Herzliya Artists' Residence, is the second chapter of the artists' collaboration. It was preceded by a research project that took shape during the summer program of the Art Department at the Kibbutzim Seminar College. Its products were presented in the exhibition "Faint Vibration of the Petals," curated by Yair Barak (January 2024). The current episode includes new objects, field recordings, and sounds collected at the Herzliya Artists Residence. The vocabulary of the Sea Daffodil choir has grown, the frequency range has expanded, the internal syntax has been unraveled and reassembled, and the interrelationships between the sculptures and sound have taken on new aspects. Ziv led the sound-based research and developed voice and listening practices, focusing on environmental sound and the material embodiments of sounds as disembodied organs. Using delicate microphones, she collected field recordings such as ocean waves pulsing through the water, water dripping from air conditioner drain pipes, wind, and more. Aylon led the sculptural research, mapping the anatomical and morphological structure of the Sea Daffodils. She Used various duplication practices (molding, casting, and unfolding) to change the Sea Daffodils' scale and examine materials with different density and resonance capacities, such as clay, bronze, brass, and porcelain. Attached to the sculptures are transducers (transducers use electrical power to create mechanical vibration) that increase the conduction of electrical currents and vibrations, producing different tonal tones and varying resonance intensities. The heart of the installation is the control position, from which two-wire cables branch out like a system of blood vessels, a closed electrical circuit that flows blood and oxygen to and from the sculptures in varying rhythmic rhythms. The clatter of objects rubbing against each other, the states of different forms of water, and the sounds of voices, percussion instruments, and double basses recorded in a session by musicians with the sculptures – become a sound and visual soundtrack, flowing from one sculpture to another. Fluid Universe is a listening space that seeks to link visual, auditory, and emotional stimuli into a new synesthesia that invites the viewer to "hear" the sculptures and "see" the sounds. The sculptural typography is an audio amplification tool for acoustics and an integral part of the musical and installation composition. Herzliya Artists Residence, 2024. Curated by Ran Kasmy Ilan and Tali Ben-Nun. All images taken by Netaly Aylon, 2 last images by Dor Even-Chen

Fluid Universe

Ceramics, bronze, brass, xerox, monoprints, reflective mirror sheet, mirrors, transducers, base kicker.

Sizes vary

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2024