Thordur Hans
The men's choir in the wall
Mixed media: black polyester ties, acrylic plates, Arduino, servo motors, computer, speakers.
"The men's choir in the wall" is an installation with eight audio channels in which seven black silk ties hang on a wall in two rows. The rows are evenly arranged, approximately at the viewers’ eye level. The ties hang motionless, but at intervals they begin to move in sync with seven male voices resonating in the space.
The arrangement of the ties is simple and unadorned, yet even before any sound is heard, these plain garments and their orderly placement immediately evoke socially constructed ideas about gender and the social context of the invisible figures who would wear them.
The work is, among other things, an exercise in staging such ideas in the most minimal way possible. The song performed by the choir is a new choral composition written especially for the work by Tóta Kolbeinsdóttir.
"The men's choir in the wall" is an installation with eight audio channels in which seven black silk ties hang on a wall in two rows. The rows are evenly arranged, approximately at the viewers’ eye level. The ties hang motionless, but at intervals they begin to move in sync with seven male voices resonating in the space.
The arrangement of the ties is simple and unadorned, yet even before any sound is heard, these plain garments and their orderly placement immediately evoke socially constructed ideas about gender and the social context of the invisible figures who would wear them.
The work is, among other things, an exercise in staging such ideas in the most minimal way possible. The song performed by the choir is a new choral composition written especially for the work by Tóta Kolbeinsdóttir.
Unique work
150 x 300 cm
150 x 300 cm