Golden A' Design Award Winner 2020
The Kinetic Electronic Drums Show by Idan Herbet exemplifies a remarkable convergence of performance art, lighting design, and musical innovation that positions itself within contemporary traditions of experiential entertainment technology and immersive spectacle creation, the work demonstrating sophisticated understanding of how illumination can transform functional musical instruments into sculptural elements that participate actively in the visual narrative of live performance, the designer appears to have conceived this installation as a total environment where the boundaries between instrument, light fixture, and stage architecture dissolve into a unified aesthetic experience, the arrangement of drum pads in sweeping arcs creates a sense of cosmic expansion while the LED ring illumination transforms each percussion surface into a luminous celestial body, the chromatic program employing cool cyan and turquoise tones establishes an otherworldly atmosphere that suggests technological transcendence while warm amber accents provide grounding human warmth, the theatrical deployment of atmospheric haze serves both practical and poetic functions by revealing light beams and creating depth gradients that enhance spatial perception, this work invites consideration of how contemporary performance design increasingly treats lighting not as mere illumination but as a co-equal expressive medium that shapes audience perception and emotional response, the central positioning of the human performer within this technological constellation reaffirms artistic agency and creative control even as the surrounding apparatus suggests enhancement rather than replacement of human capability, viewers might contemplate how such installations represent evolving relationships between performers and their instruments in an age of electronic music and visual spectacle, and how the ritual aspects of musical performance find new expression through technological means.
Inspired by a gyrosphere. the show combines a number of elements that together create an extraordinary experience. The installation changes its shape and creates a dynamic environment for the drummer to perform in. Edrum breaks the barrier between sound light and space, each note translates into light.