Cecatea, 2024

These laser-cut RVS metal plates have been designed to produce different sound effects (mainly suspended or colliding) when played with viscoelastic mallets. The sounds range from pure tones to microtonal multiples, overtones and loud drones. The working title is Cecatea derived from exploring our relationships with human and non-human communication that is outside our (human) frequency range. The complexity of the whalesongs, inaudible to the human ear without technology, provides a starting point and analogy for this work.

Video material and links to rehearsals are available here.