Beethoven Piano Sonata, nr. 1 - nr. 14 (senza misura)

Theme: What will come out when the classical music Beethoven Piano Sonata is transformed into pure sound?
Form:  a sound and light installation
Medium: Electronic circuits, jumper wires, LEDs, speakers, 9V batteries.

Tips: Senza misura in musical notation denotes the absence of bar lines, which is to say, to perform in free time.
In Beethoven Piano Sonata, no. 1 - no. 14 (senza misura), "musical" contents are stripped bare so that only the temporal grids remain: the installation is consisted of 47 electronic devices, each ticking / blinking to the tempo of one of the movements from Beethoven's piano sonata no. 1 to no. 14.

Background: Music-Sound-Sound Art
Music--an art form whose medium is sound. Common elements of music are pitch(which governs melody and harmony), rhythm(and is associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture.

Sound--a mechnical wave that is an oscillation of pressure transmitted through a solid, liquid, or gas.

Sound Art--is a diverse group of art practices that considers wide notions of sound, listening and hearing as its predominant focus.

Final output

click here to see the the art work 

references:

http://en.wikipedia.org/
http://www.whiteboxny.org/program/images/tomatogrey/samsonyoung_statement.pdf
http://inputoutput.tv/cms/?p=1178&sec=ex
http://www.thismusicisfalse.com/?portfolio=beethoven-piano-sonata-nr-1-14-senza-misura-2010