Tarek Atoui, THE SUB-INK

As part of the project WITHIN, Tarek Atoui has developed nine new instruments and a sound massage kit which expanded notions of hearing, beyond orality and are activated on the occasion of concerts and exhibitions.

The Sub-ink is a set of four units with a single subwoofer each on which the performer sits in contact with the sound. By touching an ink drawing the musician previously prepares, he / she plays a basic synthesizer in rhythmic or melodic ways. The Sub-Ink is a modular instrument that can be used to control other device such as computers and synthesizers, and to connect and synchronize musicians with different hearing abilities. 1

The Sub Ink
Tarek Atoui

 

Top image : The Sub Ink by Julia Alsarraf, photo: Thor Brødreskift, Courtesy Bergen Assembly.

1. The Sub-Ink, Tarek Atoui.

Work

The Organ Within
– Tarek Atoui with Léo Maurel and Vincent Martial

The SubBass Prototone
– Tarek Atoui with Johannes Goebel

The 0.9
– Tarek Atoui, Greg Niemeyer, Perrin Meyer and Jeff Lubow

4 Iterations on Drums
– Tarek Atoui with Thierry Madiot

The Sub-ink
– Tarek Atoui

True Laptop Quartet
– Tarek Atoui

The T1
– Tarek Atoui

The Ouroboros
– Tarek Atoui with Espen Sommer Eide

33 Soft Cells
– Tarek Atoui with Kari Telstad Sundet

The Sound Massage Kit
– Tarek Atoui with Thierry Madiot

Readings

When We Met
— Sandra Terdjman & Tarek Atoui