Sedulur Gamelan/Gamelan Sisters consists of two interlocking wooden structures that reconfigure elements of traditional Javanese architecture through the De Stijl philosophical principles of neoplasticism to create an abstraction of an 18th century double grand piano. These two cases house 56 bonang plencon that have been automated to function as a self-governing electro-mechanical orchestra. Performing musical transcriptions of drawings by American artist Robert Smithson.
The work is on display at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia (http://ngv.vic.gov.au/); 22 Nov 2013 – 23 Mar 2014.
Rohan Drape
Slave Pianos
http://slavepianos.org
rohan.drape@gmail.com