Bingle Jells

An electroacoustic project by Philémon

presented in articule's washroom

29/11/07 - 31/01/08

Bingle Jells is in reaction to the way the ubiquitous mercantile spirit manifests itself during the Holidays. The poor quality of the components of an electroacoustic system, based on several small music boxes, transforms the well known , Jingle Bells è ditty. It is their relative drag that reframes the song. The juxtaposition of the electromechanical music boxes, whose mechanical 'guts' of the system are exposed to view, highlights the inherent entropy of real time. It is the variability-inducing friction that produces the desynchronisation within which Jingle Bells dissolves in a quantic cloud over time. In Bingle Jells, Santa's elves don Indonesian garb to emulate , gamelans è. Within the gallery's washroom, the location of the sonic construct optimizes its potentially laxative effect. The space's intimacy privileges an individual perception of the acoustic phenomenon of Bingle Jells.