What shapes can sound take? Conductor is a ball-shaped object with a silicone membrane, which transmits sound in intervals by transforming its shape. Like other sculptural works by the artist, the method of abstraction and fragmentation is condensed into an observable phenomenon by a looping mechanism: a continual transposition of material into an image, and back again.
Conductor, 2014
silicone membrane, motor, sound
diameter approx. 60cm
Images: Installation view at Parra&Romero Madrid, 2016. Photo: Roberto Ruiz © Rosa Barba
Conductor, 2014 has been on display at the following locations:
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, 2026
MAXXI, Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome, 2025–2026
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, 2025
FRAC Besançon (permanent)
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 2021
Malmö Konsthall, 2017
Parra&Romero, Madrid, 2016
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 2016
Meyer Riegger, Berlin, 2015
Albertinum, Dresden, 2015
Frieze Art Fair, London, 2014
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, NL, 2014