{"id":637,"date":"2010-03-25T15:48:41","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T22:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/artwork\/sheng-high\/"},"modified":"2021-01-01T23:14:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T07:14:49","slug":"sheng-high","status":"publish","type":"artwork","link":"https:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/en\/artwork\/sheng-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheng High"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-637-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kjmeOnyQ5Pk&#038;_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kjmeOnyQ5Pk\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kjmeOnyQ5Pk<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><em>Sheng High<\/em>\u00a0is the creation of kinetic sculptor, sound artist, musician and composer Trimpin (1951).<\/p>\n<p><em>Sheng High<\/em>\u00a0is a sound sculpture based on the ancient Chinese instrument, the sheng. A sheng is a reed instrument infused into bamboo pipes. By forcing\/pushing air through the bamboo pipes, the reed is \u2018activated\u2019 and thus creates the proper notes and cords. [1] The sheng is considered to be the ancestor of both pipe and mouth organs. [2]<\/p>\n<p>Trimpin used this instrument as the cornerstone of his sound sculpture.<\/p>\n<p>A motion sensor activates a wheel, which causes a \u2018tonearm\u2019 consisting of light sensor controls to swipe across the surface of a disc marked with holographic foil. The sensors \u2018read\u2019 the foil, which then initiate the machine to pull on cables attached to faux-bamboo tubes partially submerged in plastic buckets full of water. Since every tube is mounted on an air-pressure activated pipe-organ reed, the compressed and decompressed air causes the reed to vibrate and thus create a note. [3]<\/p>\n<p>There are 24 faux-bamboo tubes operated by the machine, each creating a different note. The result is a \u201cgentle cacophony of ever-shifting notes.\u201d [4] <\/p>\n<p>Trimpin is said to have created \u201ca visual forest animated by a Zen orchestra.\u201d [5] and an \u201coasis of tranquillity.\u201d [6]<\/p>\n<p>Not only can the audience be amazed by the gentle whizzing sounds of the reeds, they can also analyse the foil infused wheel and connect imagery to the created sound, engaging the audience. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3387862817_7c287c527d.jpg\" alt=\"Sheng High - Detail\" title=\"Sheng High - Detail\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trimpin himself said that <em>Sheng High <\/em>\u201cdeals with space, spatial movements and sound movements. [\u2026] You basically walk through the instrument. That\u2019s always been a part of my work. The viewer is always right inside where the sound comes from. It surrounds them.\u201d [7]<\/p>\n<p><em>Sheng High <\/em>can be somewhat connected to Gary Hill\u2019s <em>Soundings<\/em>, since both artworks are concerned with the \u201crelationship between motion and sound, the visible and the audible.\u201d [8] Gary Hill is much more experimental and destructive the Trimpin, but there is a small connection in their uses of sound and the interest both artists have in the working of sound.<\/p>\n<p>It is also slightly similar to Paul Demarinis\u2019 <em>Edison Effect <\/em>[9].\u00a0 This similarly media-archaeological work uses lasers and digital signals to read the analog information encoded on disks and an Edison cylinder in order to create sound.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[1] \u2018Trimpin: Sheng High\u2019. Vancouver 2010 website. Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouver2010.com\/more-2010-information\/cultural-festivals-and-events\/event-listings\/trimpin--sheng-high_131960nR.html\">http:\/\/www.vancouver2010.com\/more-2010-information\/cultural-festivals-and-events\/event-listings\/trimpin&#8211;sheng-high_131960nR.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[2] Varty, Alexander. \u2018CODE Live 1 and Trimpin\u2019s Sheng High\u2019. Straight.com: Vancouver\u2019s Online Source. 18 February 2010. Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straight.com\/article-290383\/vancouver\/code-live-1\">https:\/\/www.straight.com\/article-290383\/vancouver\/code-live-1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[3] K0re. \u2018Trimpin\u2019s Sheng High (dorkbotSF Tour)\u2019. 27 March 2009. Retrieved from <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/dorkbotsf.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/27\/trimpins-sheng-high-dorkbotsf-tour\/\">http:\/\/dorkbotsf.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/27\/trimpins-sheng-high-dorkbotsf-tour\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[4] [5] [6] Varty, Alexander. \u2018CODE Live 1 and Trimpin\u2019s Sheng High\u2019. Straight.com: Vancouver\u2019s Online Source. 18 February 2010. Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straight.com\/article-290383\/vancouver\/code-live-1\">https:\/\/www.straight.com\/article-290383\/vancouver\/code-live-1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[7] \u2018Art in Surround Sound\u2019. Vancouver 2010 website. Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olympic.org\/vancouver-2010-winter-olympics\">http:\/\/www.olympic.org\/vancouver-2010-winter-olympics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[8] Hill, Gary. Sounding. (1979) As found in Shanken, Edward. Art and Electronic Media. London: Phaidon, 2009: pp 70<\/p>\n<p>[9] Demarinis, Paul. Edison Effect. (1989) As found in Shanken, Edward. Art and Electronic Media. 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