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Krachtgever

Krachtgever’s first version (“Invigorator”) was developed in 1993 in cooperation with students from the mechanical engineering faculty, University of Twente in Enschede, Holland. In its biggest form, built with 56 boxes and a total width of 12 metres, it was presented for the first time in Linz, Austria, September 1998 to celebrate the Golden Nica, given to the project in the category “Computer Music” of the Prix Ars Electronica, 1998.

The boxes are joined together with metal springs, both horizontally and vertically. One oscillating motor is attached to each stack. A computer varies the speed at which these motors rotate, causing countless interferences between the stimulated vibratory and resonant frequencies of the construction.

Each box contains different materials. These "rattles", varying in volume, weight and sound, possess their own resonating characteristics. When stimulated by an oscillating motor the combined vibrations from all the elements - the springs, the boxes, the various rattles in the boxes, etc. - produce an extraordinarily complex whole.


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loved it, but it was noisy!
Jen said 9 months ago

for sure one of the loudest thing i have seen, yet so beautiful.:) . Chicken.
charles poulet said 10 months ago

its great
arnhel d said about 1 year ago

the boxes torment me. What would it be like to be a box, to be constantly hurled around by an uncontrollable kinetic force and tied to dozens of other mindless boxes, all straining in different directions? We are, of course, all boxes. It would be nice if that were just a trite observation. It's really not.
Rene Lavanchy said about 1 year ago

it's sounds amazing, i've beenrecording soundhere and I'm defintely stealingthe sound for my foley library. This keyboard is gash.
Jesse Tadini Rybolt said about 1 year ago

This makes one hell of a racket! Lots of fun.
Julian Harris said about 1 year ago