Marla Hlady

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Soundball (guitar amps) - 2013

Materials: sound, 2 custom guitar amps, 2 custom soundball stands, 2 soundballs (stainless steel ball, microprocessor, sound board, accelerometer, LEDs and cable)

Dimensions (h x w x d): ball 6 inches diameter, guitar amp 13 x 12.25 x 8 inches

Software design: Wild Rhombus Software

Soundball (guitar amps) is both an instrument and a sculpture. Viewers can manipulate the soundballs as a way to play with sound compositions. Each ball contains an accelerometer; the sound in each ball slows down or speeds up based on the ball's axial location.

See also: Soundball (crate amp), Soundball: Dancehauling, Soundball 4, Warm Weather, Marla Hlady & The Tristanos

Exhibition History:
2015 dc3 Art Projects (Edmonton, Alberta); 2015 NAISA (New Adventures in Sound Art, Toronto); 2015 School of Design, George Brown College (Toronto, Canada); 2015 AGO First Thursday (Toronto, Canada); 2014 Doris McCarthy Gallery (Toronto, Canada); 2013 Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (Kitchener, Canada)