"Industry Kvæden" is composed of 26 instruments controlled by electronic impulses that play on the artifacts he collected.
- The exhibition is inspired by mining environments and the old steel mill.
There is a duality that failed things have been put down and broken, but it is exciting to create something new from it.
The idea of working with various objects such as magnets and motors to produce sound is nothing new for the composer.
- I started with it between 2018 and 2019 and it became something called "Järnkväden", but here at the Västmanland County Museum, I have built up much more.
Electronic impulses play
Torbjörn Grass, who has lived in Västerås since 1981, and worked among other things at Västmanland's theater as music director, has always been interested in working with technology and music.
- I have listened to different artifacts and different sound sources.
So I thought they could talk to each other and then I was inspired to make music around that.
The exhibition can be visited until November 20.
Here Torbjörn Grass explains how the music is controlled: