Thom Kubli is a Swiss-German composer and artist known for installations and sculptures that often use digital technology and material configurations to incorporate sound as a key element, thereby increasing the viewer’s sense of space.
This installation transforms sound into a three-dimensional object and ensures its stability. The installation consists of three sculptures of different sizes made of polyurethane, resembling the horn of a boat. These horns are capable of producing sound using compressed air. For each tone, huge soap bubbles appear on the mouth of the horn. They grow larger with the duration of the sound and eventually detach from the horn and float around the room until they float randomly around the room to the point of hitting something and eventually exploding. Sometimes the larger soap bubbles can float more than 20 metres away from the device, the distance being dependent on the temperature. Visitors can walk freely throughout the room, where they may randomly encounter floating bubbles.
“It is important to me that the sound has a substantial correspondence rather than a virtual one. (e.g. conversion to biomass, liquid or particle) This type of conversion touches me in a very specific way. It creates a very direct aesthetic connection.”
He was not satisfied with creating a pure sound also wants the audience to see the sound touch the sound feel the sound.