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HELIOPHONE DRAWINGS

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Heliophone is an installation that turns sunlight into sound. Its basic principle is quite simple: energy from
the sun is transformed into sound without electronic amplification. In the design, however, Jacobs combines an impressive array of traditional and cutting-edge technologies. The installation follows the trajectory of the sun, catching the sunlight and focusing it, via a parabolic lens, onto one point. There, a rotating disk chops the light up into small fragments. A photo-acoustic cell further transforms the light fragments into sound, made audible by a large horn.
With Heliophone, Jacobs has created a sound piece for the sun, the tonality of the installation constantly changing with the intensity of the light.
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Since 2015, continuing his research into light, Aernoudt Jacobs has been creating laser drawings, which
allow him to draw lines with great precision. It is a selection working sketches, reflections, and free compositions based on the technical 3D renderings.
Credits
  • Type/Year: Prototype / Laser Drawings 2015 -2017
  • Materials: Paper​
  • Concept: Aernoudt Jacobs
  • Co-Production: Overtoon, STUK
  • Executive Production: Overtoon
  • Many thanks to: Dennis Pohl, Imal Fablab
Presentations
  • Heliophone & Photoacoustic Prototypes / solo show / STUK, Leuven, Belgium, 2015​
  • Où sont les sons? Where are sounds? / group show / CENTRALE for contemporary art Brussels, BELGIUM, 2017
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