A video of noisy battery-operated garbage is currently doing the rounds on social media.
When Czech artist and experimental musician Petr Válek looked into his rubbish bin, he saw an opportunity to make music.
He took a pile of rubbish, and attached a few batteries to give it kinetic energy, and effectively created a new percussion work, filled with bangs, crashes, thuds, and other ear-splitting noises.
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The resulting video has drawn mixed reviews on YouTube. One viewer wrote ‘Beautiful noise children!’. Another called it the ‘Evocative avant garde aural-visual language of universal life.’ Yet another wrote: ‘Imagine living in an apartment below this!’
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Born in 1976,Petr Válek trained as a stonemason and worked as a nurse in a home for the elderly. Now, however he works as a painter, illustrator and musician. A particular interest of his is building and deconstructing mechanical and electro-mechanical musical instruments or self-propelled kinetic objects, constructed from found household items. He also regularly publishes short “tutorial” videos recorded on Youtube and on Facebook. He lives and works in Loučná nad Desnou in Hrubý Jeseník, a little town located in the former Sudetenland, whose dream-like landscape also serves as inspiration for his artistic work. To visit his YouTube channel click here.
To watchPetr Válek’s homemade noise tutorial, watch the video below. 