πTon

πTon is an intriguing sound installation; It results from an experiment on the relation between the distortion of an elastic structure and a real time human voice synthesis. A long rubber tube, closed in a loop, is animated by contortions and undulations like an invertebrate body. Surrounded by a tribe of four human beings holding loudspeakers, the creature seems to try to release itself from this disturbing presence in vain. Its efforts and sufferings excite the curiosity of the four human beings and become the subject of primary and sophisticated polyphonic rituals only constituted by synthesized voices. From raw materials and natural physical phenomena, πTon associates organic movement and vocal expression under their most primitive forms. The result is a striking sound and visual event that sends the spectator back to the origins of his behaviour. (Cod.Act)