byAlison Rush
The cetacant is a musical instrument inspired by whales and designed to accompany a performance of Vela 6911, a piece by Victor Gama. The cetacant emulates features of the cetacean vocal apparatus, using tubes and chambers full of air, water, and oil to produce and amplify sounds. The attached photo is of a prototype; the instrument’s final form will resemble a suspended sphere, evoking the bubbles produced by a vocalizing whale, or our watery planet as seen from space.
Max Hack: Alison used 2 drum sticks and some parachord to knit a net for the Cetacant:
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