marcelo ertorteguy + sara valente + takahiro fukuda: room sized electric guitar
<div><br /> an inhabitable instrument, the 8 meter long guitar explores the connections between architecture, art, and sound. </div> <div> </div>
‘cargoguitar’ by marcelo ertorteguy, sara valente and takahiro fukuda all images courtesy of marcelo ertorteguy, sara valente and takahiro fukuda
architect marcelo ertorteguy and sara valente collaborated with takahiro fukuda to create ‘cargoguitar‘, a room sized electric guitar. eight strings start from a vertical media column stretching eight meters to another horizontal media spine resulting in a hyperbolic paraboloid. each peg is tuned to a different note, achieving varied sound scales to be captured by the transducers. two amplifiers allow the vibrations to be felt in the room. a glow in the dark coat is applied to the strings, allowing visitors to not just hear the sound but to see it as it as well. the inhabitable instrument is on show at the kobe biennale 2011.
see designboom’s previous article of marcelo ertorteguy and sara valente’s ‘stereotank’ here. 
back view – black lights on
players
detail of media spine with black light
detail of media spine
detail of hardware
completed spines
during construction
during construction
plans, sections, and axonometric view
CG_string by cargoguitar
pitches by cargoguitar for more examples of sounds produced by the guitar, click here. designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions’ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication.
