AION

AION is a kinetic art installation by Joachim Sauter. The endless cyclical motion of the 12 pendulums, bound together with a mechatronic bridge with regular phase offset perform silent music in space. The visual references to musical notation, structure and the physics of sound are primed with the materiality of the environment. Timeless and in perpetual motion the artwork is a loud understatement, and the last artwork of the artist.

In several phases of development, the actuator principle was optimized to such an extent that only one actuator was required and that it could be integrated invisibly. Special attention was also given to materials and surface qualities.

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bespoke servo actuator

240 kg
total weight

0,8 kg
per element

90°swing angle