SHOHEI KATAYAMA

Nimbus Drum is a kinetic sound artwork that is autonomous and interactive.  Viewers are encouraged to play with the shifting metal beads to manipulate, disperse, create designs, or simply observe.

​

The amplified sound generated by the clashing pellets intends to call attention to the smaller things in life that are oftentimes overlooked, and to reveal how implicit micro-structures inevitably affect outcomes of explicit macro-structures - in this case, the installation of overhanging clouds. 

​

The work exists in a state of perpetual change, further commenting on the impermanent nature of reality, our role within it and what we can change. 

​

Tough Art is an artist residency program that invites artists to collaborate with the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh to create new works "tough enough" to withstand a hands-on environment. 

​

Material: LED, poly fiber, steel, sound sensor, contact microphones, magnets, motors.

Year: 2017

Location: Shadow room at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh.

​

Photography by: Kristi Jan Hoover