Video // “Submerged Turntable” Installation by Evan Holm.

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American artist Evan Holm has created an installation featuring a working turntable submerged in a murky pool of water. What? But why? Because it’s awesome goddammit! Once submerged, the turntable proceeds to play a record from the wet sound system. Holm explains that he had no idea what to expect once he commenced the experiment, and hearing the sweet lullaby emerge from beneath the surface of the water brought him close to tears.

“There will be a time when all tracings of human culture will dissolve back into the soil under the slow crush of the unfolding universe. The pool, black and depthless, represents loss, represents mystery and represents the collective subconscious of the human race. By placing these records underneath the dark and obscure surface of the pool, I am enacting a small moment of remorse towards this loss. In the end however this is an optimistic sculpture, for just after that moment of submergence; tone, melody and ultimately song is pulled back out of the pool, past the veil of the subconscious, out from under the crush of time, and back into a living and breathing realm. When I perform with this sculpture, I am honouring and celebrating all the musicians, all the artists that have helped to build our human culture” – Taken from Evan Holm’s website.

[Images & GIF via Colossal. Video courtesy of Brian Lilla.]