Lyre is a musical instrument that is played without being touched like the famous Theremin.
Sensors capture hand movements of the viewer for vibrating the glass pieces.
The hands move up and down to vary the notes.
Lyra is an acoustic space itself. The sounding product all a visual play of reflections.

Diamond glass, stainless steel, transducer, interface, sensor, amplifier, 1 computer
Each glass strip : 300 x 210 x 1,8 cm / interior arcade : 180 cm

Exhibition views, “Anicroches”, Espace culturel Louis Vuitton, 2011 and
“Bio-feedback”, Espace de l’Art Concret,2012

Work produced with the support of Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Annenberg Foundation,
Quantum Glass, Espace de L’Art Concret

Speaking into a microphone, makes the glass sheets to vibrate successively ways.
Sound travels from one plate to the other to produce the impression that the sound,
a microphone to another, through walls of glass. This feeling is reinforced by the fact that
the glass is sound-proofing material.

Glass e-glass at a temperature of 37.2 ° C
Dimensions of a glass plate: 300 x 250 x 1cm
Distance between two blades: 170 cm
Transducers, 2 microphones, amplifiers, interface, 1 computer.

Special thanks to Karim Lekehal and Cedric Ricard

Exhibition view, Glass House, 2010
Production : SAAZS