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Sound stones 1985

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Accession No.
1995.275a-m
Date Created
1985
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Contemporary International Art
Dimensions A
13 stones ranging from 2.5 x 3cm to 11 x 11.5cm (depth x diam.)
Edition
ed. 1/21
Media Category
Sculpture
Secondary Media Category
metal
Medium
Bronze with ball bearings enclosed
Credit Line
Gift of Francesco Conz through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 1995

Philip Corner’s Sound stones 1985 explores the paradoxical notion of ‘stones that rattle’. Bronze castings of river stones from Verona have been made containing small metal objects. The sounds produced when the stones are shaken are subtly variable and, depending on the situation and the user–composer, will result in different ‘compositions’ each time they are used.
 

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