Instrumental Baschet. La utopia ressonant

Exhibition inauguration: 17 April at 19:00, with the participation of Martí Ruiz and Jordi Casadevall, curators and members of the Taller d'Escultura Sonora Baschet at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Universitat de Barcelona, and Jordi Alomar, director of the Museu de la Música.

The inauguration will include a brief musical performance using a multitimbral Baschet sculpture.

The Museu de la Música presents an exhibition dedicated to the creative universe of Bernard (1917–2015) and François Baschet (1920–2014), two artists and inventors who, from the 1950s onwards, proposed a new way of understanding the musical instrument.

Their contribution takes the form of a set of inventions they called sound sculptures, built from industrial and everyday materials such as stainless steel, aluminium, cardboard or inflatable cushions, and capable of generating complex and unusual sounds without resorting to electricity.

As the result of an approach that combines art and science, intuition and method, the Baschet universe develops a unique investigation into the relationships between form, matter and sound.

Intuition, play, exploration and direct participation in sound production define an open and accessible conception of the instrument and of the musical experience.

In this sense, the Baschet sound sculptures can be understood as open works, true resonant utopias that foster new forms of listening and participation.

The legacy of the Baschet brothers has been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions in museums around the world, and has also had a wide projection in pedagogical and social fields, with applications in schools, hospitals, cultural centres and other institutions.

The Museu de la Música de Barcelona preserves three Baschet instruments. In 2009, François Baschet, together with researchers from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Universitat de Barcelona, promoted the Taller d'Escultura Sonora Baschet, which gives continuity to this li