Fabrizio Di Salvo
hyd~ translates the circulation of water into a choreographed sculpture of sound and motion.
An industrial robotic arm, commonly employed in medical and laboratory automation, guides a parametric loudspeaker that projects self recorded soundscapes of the river Rhine captured with a hydrophone, a microphone used for recording underwater environments. Covered by a black shimmering textile, the focused beam of sound and the articulated gestures of the arm form a field in which direction, reflection and movement intertwine.
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By transposing a tool of precision and control into an environment of fluid uncertainty, hyd~ explores the shifting boundary between care and extraction, measurement and flow. The work evokes the image of a fountain as both technological construct and vanishing resource, turning the prospect of future scarcity into an acoustic and spatial experience.
tracce materialises the passage of vibration as a visible memory inscribed in matter.
The work consists of a PVC panel whose surface has been scarified by a vibrating motor guided by hand across it, creating a responsive terrain that records the gestures of movement. As the motor activates, its oscillations inscribe fine patterns and irregular traces into the softened material, transforming transient motion into a lasting imprint.
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Through this process, trace captures the moment where energy turns into form. The surface becomes an archive of movement, a document of contact between mechanical force and fragile matter. What was vibration becomes inscription, a record of time written directly into material.
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displayed at Kunsttage Basel