Sound Artist

Doug Aitken

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6O30JMQK1w

 "Sonic Fountain," in which water drips from 5 rods suspended from the ceiling, falling into a concrete crater dug out of the gallery floor. The flow of water is controlled to create specific rhythmic patterns that will morph, collapse and overlap in shifting combinations of speed and volume, which create a  symphonic structure of song. The water itself appears milky white, chemically altered by its aural properties, a basic substance turned supernatural. The amplified sound of droplets conjures the arrhythmia of breathing, and along with the pool's primordial glow, the fountain creates its own sonic system of tracking time. I find the audio to be very interesting it's all about timing and rhythm.