Siba Sahabi

Fascinated by the complex relationship that emerges at the point of translation between music and its graphical notation, Siba Sahabi designed three kinetic artworks that visualise a soundscape composed specifically for the work. The installation, in both its design and movement, translates digital information (music) into analogue images (patterns).

The soundscape, composed by Machinefabriek, is inspired by the oldest fully documented and conserved song in the world, a Sumerian hymn from the 14th century BCE. Its contemporary interpretation by Zuydervelt consists of distinct and interwoven audio layers that are visually expressed by Sahabi’s three ‘pattern-machines’.

The installation invites visitors to discover the different layers of the music composition in an audiovisual way.

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