Perhaps it was bound to happen to the violin, but the two-string piezoelectric designed by MONAD Studio brings a violin worthy of its own sci-fi movie. Something out of The Fifth Element, indeed, it's one of five modern instruments designed by the studio.
As its pointed out, is the instrument strictly for gothic players? Was it forged by J.R.R. Tolkien's elves? It could be a work of art but the other half of the instrument is the way it sounds. Using a piezoelectric sensor, the instrument is bound to have some semblance of authority.
It's a wonder what to call its creator, a luthier maybe? But the violin serves as part of an installation by the studio, of which bring the violin and its five other members into a complex meta-instrument in the tradition of a one-man band.
Along with the violin, the studio also produced a three-dimensional mural that serves as a kind of sonic environment for performances. The surface is interactive and uses computer-generated sounds to create soundscapes.
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