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14th April - 13th May 2007

Rhona Byrne / Milena Dopitova / Carwyn Evans / Rebecca Gould / Torsten Lauschmann / Niamh McCann / Sara Rees / Helen Sear / Jaan Toomik / Zoe Walker & Neil Bromwich

Torsten Lauschmann

Piecework Orchestra
National Waterfront Museum / Amgueddfa Genedlaethol y Glannau

Inspired by two of South Wales’ biggest exports: industry and music, Torsten Lauschmann has created an interface which enables him to control domestic appliances such as vacuum cleaners, hairdryers and drills to program musical tones and rhythms.

His ‘Piecework Orchestra’, located within the National Waterfront Museum subverts the idea of industrial production and surprises the viewer with its cacophony of sound.

The title is derived from the term ‘piecework’, which describes types of employment in which a worker is paid a fixed "piece rate" for each unit produced or action performed.

Wedi'i ysbrydoli gan ddau o allforion mwyaf Cymru, diwydiant a cherddoriaeth, mae Torsten Lauschmann wedi creu rhyngwyneb sy'n ei alluogi i reoli offer y cartref megis sugnwyr llwch, sychwyr gwallt a driliau i raglennu tonau a rhythmau cerddorol.

Mae ei 'Piecework Orchestra' yn Amgueddfa Genedlaethol y Glannau yn gwyrdroi'r syniad o gynhyrchu diwydiannol ac yn synnu'r gwyliwr â chacoffoni o swn.

Mae'r teitl yn deillio o'r term 'piecework' sy'n disgrifio'r mathau o waith lle mae gweithiwr yn cael ei dalu 'fesul darn' am bob uned a gynhyrchir neu waith a wneir.

About Torsten Lauschmann