Perikon Smelters - Sound Exhibition
solo sound exhibition by Ioana Vreme Moser – Cluster #35. From Thursday 19 December to Wednesday 8 January, 2025 (Sunday closed, registration is mandatory)
Mon, 06.01.2025, 14:00 - 18:00 | Labor Neunzehn
Mon, 06.01.2025, 14:00 - 18:00 | Labor Neunzehn
Perikon Smelters delves into the accidental occurrence of radiosensitive minerals with peculiar electrical phenomena to create a sound installation that resonates through and within crystalline formations. The work centres through sound on the path of Zincite (Zink Oxide), a red ruby crystal born in the fiery flames of human intervention to become the predecessor of the transistor. From the first accidental mine fire to the first electronically generated sound, Perikon Smelters traces the fascinating history of this mineral’s crystallography entangled with human error and sets to voice minerals that scream’ at the attentive, yet unstable touch of a needle.
Perikon Smelters inspires sculptural circuits from Crystondyne (Losev’s early oscillator) to exalt inanimate semiconductors with 2 simple parts: a coil and a capacitor. When touched with electricity the minerals generate tones and amplify crackles through their accidentally fused inner impurities.
The work peeks at the fragile circumstance of Zincite formation and its ignored relevance in the history of digital technology to ponder upon the entanglements between human error, technological advancements and resulting shifts in Earth’s geologies.