Arc Harp 2 (Sound and Vision) is an experimental video performance by Roland Wegerer, recorded in 2018, with a duration of 21:15 minutes, presented in HD (16:9, 1920x1080px) with sound. This contemporary artwork explores the intersection of performance art and experimental sound, featuring the unique public steel art instrument “Arc Harp”—a creation by Austrian artist Josef Baier. The performance and the resulting artwork merge the tactile, visual, and auditory possibilities of this sculptural sound object, inviting the audience to experience art and music in a truly immersive way.
During this live sound performance, the Arc Harp is played with unconventional tools: wooden cooking spoons. This novel approach transforms both the sculpture and its sound, producing an organic, percussive auditory palette that expands the instrument’s creative dimensions. The act of playing becomes a choreography, blending physical gesture with sculptural resonance.
The Arc Harp 2 video demonstrates how visual art and music performance can enrich one another, opening new dimensions of aesthetic and sensory perception. This collaborative fusion with Josef Baier emphasizes the transformative potential of interdisciplinary art, where material, gesture, and sound resonate together in public space.