Anri Sala The Last Resort, 2017
42-channel sound installation including 38 altered snare drums, loudspeaker parts, snare stands, drumsticks, soundtrack and 4 speakers
Duration 58:28 minutes, looped
ø 850 cm
The Last Resort was conceived as site-specific installation for Kaldor Public Art Projects in an outdoor pavilion for a location overlooking the Sydney harbor. The open structure houses 38 especially constructed snare drums, suspended from the ceiling in an up-side down position.
The ensemble of drums is a self-playing sculpture animted by the Clarinet concerto in A major, K. 622, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1791, shortly before his death, in a recording that Anri Sala rearranged according to specific conditions.
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