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Exploring Complexity through Simplicity.
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Next Exhibitions and Concerts: Turkey, Istanbul, Borusan Contemporary Installations, September 19, 2026 ⁠–⁠ August 15, 2027 Germany, Ludwigsburg, Kunstverein New Installation, October 2, 2026 – December 4, 2026 Lithuania, Vilnius, International Biennial Laconica Installation, October 16, 2026 – November 20, 2026 Germany, Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie New Installation, January 29-31, 2027 Germany, Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie Orchestra Concert, New Composition for 40 Double Basses, February 4, 2027 - Video Credits: Artworks by #Zimoun @StudioZimoun Text by Nina Naok. - by @studiozimoun
Next Exhibitions and Concerts: Turkey, Istanbul, Borusan Contemporary Installations, September 19, 2026 ⁠–⁠ August 15, 2027 Germany, Ludwigsburg, Kunstverein New Installation, October 2, 2026 – December 4, 2026 Lithuania, Vilnius, International Biennial Laconica Installation, October 16, 2026 – November 20, 2026 Germany, Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie New Installation, January 29-31, 2027 Germany, Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie Orchestra Concert, New Composition for 40 Double Basses, February 4, 2027 - Video Credits: Artworks by #Zimoun @StudioZimoun Text by Nina Naok. - by @studiozimoun
#soundinstallations #Zimoun @StudioZimoun Nina Naok: „Zimoun creates immersive site-specific sound installations, built mainly from recycled materials drawn from everyday life and industry. Through hand-made mechanical systems, he sets these materials in motion, causing them to resonate and transforming entire spaces into breathing environments. Often, he employs hundreds of orchestrated, motor-driven, minimalist devices to take over art spaces and museums of contemporary art. Through scratching, scraping, knocking, vibrating, and other collisions of materials, they generate three-dimensional soundscapes. With the most modest materials, Zimoun creates large-scale artworks practically producing no waste: after each exhibition, the materials are reused—either to create new artworks, or to live on in other contexts. His installations draw connections not only to nature and organic phenomena, but also to our throwaway society, to the systems of power that enclose us, to automated processes, industrialization, and the advancing robotization of our world, as well as to socio-critical, philosophical and psychological themes—for instance, pareidolia, where the brain seems to perceive patterns that do not actually exist, leading us to reflect on perception, reality and existence. Despite their simple mechanical construction, the artist’s works evolve into striking complexity. They invite us to observe—making us attentive to visual and acoustic phenomena. His installations unfold condensed, hypnotic atmospheres, often with a psychedelic quality and presence, yet also with a touch of humor and irony hidden in their relentless persistence and absurdity. They might animate and activate us to reflect on ourselves and the world around us. Zimoun understands the moment of activation and the dynamic of the materials themselves as a sculptural and performative approach, and names the principle behind these works ‘primitive complexity’. His works are often described as materialized poetry and allow us to lose and find ourselves in the present moment.“ by @studiozimoun
Installation by #Zimoun @StudioZimoun Installation View: Orbital Garden Bern, 2013 by @studiozimoun
Sound Sculptures @StudioZimoun by @studiozimoun
A glimpse into the Studio @StudioZimoun by @studiozimoun
Installation by Zimoun @StudioZimoun Installation view: Lawrence Art Center / Free State Festival, 2015 Video by @theblackshampoo 🙏 . by @studiozimoun
[sound on] By Zimoun @StudioZimoun Installation View: Museum of Contemporary Art MAC, Santiago de Chile, 2019. “Using simple and functional components, Zimoun builds architecturally-minded platforms of sound. Exploring mechanical rhythm and flow in prepared systems, his installations incorporate commonplace industrial objects. In an obsessive display of simple and functional materials, these works articulate a tension between the orderly patterns of Modernism and the chaotic forces of life. Carrying an emotional depth, the acoustic hum of natural phenomena in Zimoun’s minimalist constructions effortlessly reverberates.” Laura Blereau by @studiozimoun
In the new installation by Zimoun (@StudioZimoun) at Kunstverein Ludwigsburg (@KunstvereinLudwigsburg), the mechanism is designed that the black polymer balls briefly get caught on the corners of the cardboard boxes before suddenly breaking free and producing a sound. The movement and behavior are determined entirely by the physical properties and interactions of the materials. There are no microcontrollers or computers controlling the movement. The motor simply keeps rotating at a constant speed. For the mechanism to work, the wire holding each ball must be bent with great precision. The ball needs to get temporarily stuck on a corner, while the wire acts like a spring, storing mechanical energy and releasing it when the ball breaks free. A difference of just a few millimeters determines whether the mechanism works or not. If the ball gets caught too firmly, it remains stuck. If it doesn’t get caught enough, the sudden, rapid movement doesn’t happen, and no sound is produced. The video is shown at three times the original speed and captures a few moments of this fine-tuning process. In his work, Zimoun explores complexity through the simplest of systems. Where does simplicity end and complexity begin? And can both exist at the same time within one and the same thing? The exhibition runs until December 4, 2026. by @studiozimoun
This installation by Zimoun @StudioZimoun is part of the Borusan Contemporary Collection in Istanbul and currently presented within the group exhibition titled „HAUNTED“, curated by Kumru Eren. The exhibition includes works by Daniel Canogar, Drift, Kemal Önsoy, Marco Brambilla, Memo Akten, Quayola, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, TeamLab and Zimoun. The exhibition runs from September 19, 2026 until August 15, 2027 @borusancontemporary by @studiozimoun
Some impressions from the set-up at @KunstvereinLudwigsburg. The exhibition will host a new site-specific installation by Zimoun @StudioZimoun and run from October 2 - December 4, 2026. Many thanks to all the fantastic people who did help us to get this done! @studiozimoun @kunstvereinludwigsburg by @studiozimoun
beat box . . #soundsculpture @studiozimoun #contemporaryart #flow #rhythm by @studiozimoun

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