Mountain Operated Synthesizer (MOS) @ Merapi Mountain 2013

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An Installation/Instrument to Merapi Mountain Gods, created from a collaboration by Pia Van Gelder (AU), Michael Candy (AU) and Andreas Siagian (ID)

Mountain Operated Synthesizer (MOS) adalah instrumen/instalasi yang dibuat sebagai persembahan untuk dewa Gunung Merapi. Instrumen/Instalasi ini merupakan hasil dari kolaborasi antara Pia Van Gelder (AU), Michael Candy (AU) dan Andreas Siagian (ID) untuk The Instrument Builders Project, Yogyakarta Indonesia. MOS dirangkai di Pos 2 (2400 mdpl) Gunung Merapi. Pos tersebut telah hancur semasa erupsi gunung Merapi pada tahun 2010.

Mountain Operated Synthesizer (MOS) is an instrument / installation made as an offering for the god of Merapi Mountain. It’s created from a collaboration between Pia Van Gelder (AU), Michael Candy (AU) and Andreas Siagian (ID) for The Instrument Builders Project, Yogyakarta Indonesia. MOS was installed in the 2nd Post (2400 mdpl) of Merapi Mountain. The post was destroyed during the eruption of Mount Merapi in 2010.

Mountain Operated Synthesizer (MOS) presented in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

MOS bereaksi terhadap kelembaban, kelembaban tanah dan angin di sekitarnya. Tenaganya menggunakan energi matahari yang dihasilkan dari panel surya yang terpasang.

MOS react to humidity, soil moisture and wind of the surroundings. It’s power is using solar energy generated from the solar panel installed.

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