IV:BPM

IV:BPM is a participatory instrument and installation using IV drips as the percussive source for portable, single-beat organic drum machines. Forested together, its stands generate overlapping beats from many directions, creating complex surround polyrhythms unique to each listener’s position. Audiences can alter the BPM through the IV nozzles, manipulate effects platters unique to each stand and move the stands to change the mix—turning the installation into a drum-machine orchestra performed en masse by its visitors.

“an intense experience grounded in chance and freeform”
— Hyperallergic

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Exhibition
Debuted in New York at Anxious Spaces II: Installation as Catalyst, Knockdown Center, Queens, July 2015; curated by Clocktower Productions, Joe Ahearn and Alanna Heiss.

Credits
Devised by Lucas Abela
Audio effects pedals supplied by Death By Audio, Mid-Fi Electronics, Mantic, JHS and Last Gasp Art Laboratories.

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