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Ascending and Descending

Ascending and Descending
Ascending and Descending
Ascending and Descending
Ascending and Descending
  • Ascending and Descending
  • Material: styrene balls, motor, nylon thread, wood
  • Year: 2016
  • Place: Ayumi Gallery Cave, Tokyo

35mm styrofoam balls slowly roll along parallel nylon threads suspended across the space. Depending on the viewing angle, balls appear to float in the air or move upwards against gravity. Contact microphones attached to the threads pick up the sounds of friction between the threads and rolling balls, amplifying their random pitch changes.
Photo:Shin Yamasaki

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