Released today by Paul Stolper Gallery Brian Eno’s Turntable II, available through the Paul Stolper website and in person from today Tuesday 13th February 4PM GMT. On view at Paul Stolper Gallery from 6th February – 9th March 2024
It’s the softness of these colours and the way they merge with each other that is so seductive
Brian Eno 2024
Brian Eno’s Turntable II comprises a round platter and base, which change colours independently, seamlessly phasing through combinations of generative ‘colourscapes’. The pattern of lights, the speed at which they change and how they change are programmed but programmed to change randomly and slowly. It plays both 33 and 45rpm vinyl.
When it doesn’t have to do anything in particular, like play a record, it is a sculpture
Brian Eno 2024
Since my first experiments with light and sound in the late 1960’s, I’ve never ceased to be fascinated by the amazingly intricate, complex and unpredictable results produced by simple deterministic systems. Out of simplicity, complexity arises. That is for me the most incredible idea of evolution theory and of cybernetics. John Cage once said: ‘The function of Art is to imitate Nature in her manner of operation’ and that has been an objective for me throughout my working life.
I use the same sorts of generative processes in music as in painting, based on overlapping unsynchronised cycles. Several overlapping light cycles will keep producing different colour balances and blends – and different shadow formations that slowly evolve and never exactly repeat. The process is simple. The results are complex.
I started using light and video because I wanted to make visual experiences that had some of the qualities of musical experiences – that’s to say, that existed and changed in time. I wanted to make very slowly changing paintings, to blur the edges that separate those different forms
Brian Eno 2018
Components
Turntable II 2024, Acrylic, LED lights, Signature and edition number engraved on the side of the base, 45cm diameter x 15cm height including 1.8cm feet, Limited to an edition of 150 worldwide
Launch Price £20,000* ex vat
White 8.6” Pro-Ject aluminium tonearm, Ortofon white 2M cartridge, Precision cast acrylic platter, High precision stainless steel bearing block, Belt drive 15v motor with two speed 33 & 45rpm, Electronic speed switch, 15v DC power supply, Control board with 5V adapter and Arduino, Addressable RGB LEDs, Medium density resin one piece precision body, Frosted cast acrylic body cover, Gold plated RCA connectors.
* price will increase as edition sells
