Ariel Guzik
Cordiox (Book)
** 2024 Stock ** This catalogue book gathers for the first time the work of artist/inventor Ariel Guzik, focusing on the sound experiment he carried out for his project Cordiox: a monumental stringed instrument animated by invisible magnetic forces. The project, chosen to represent Mexico at the 55th Venice Biennial, is examined in this bilingual (Spanish/English) edition in an introductory essay by curator Itala Schmelz and texts by Osvaldo Sanchez, Karla Jasso, Maria Paz Amaro, and Ariel Guzik…
Cordiox
Outstanding visionary stuff from Mexican artist Ariel Guzik – the kind of record that's a great introduction to his practice – and a sound relic from his mindbending Cordiox, a monumental stringed instrument animated by invisible magnetic forces. Cordiox is a four-meter acoustical tower, a hyper sophisticated musical instrument created by Ariel Guzik. In its depths resides a quartz cylinder, which constitutes its central acoustical axis and took up almost half of the budget of this work. Expl…