Marla Hlady is an artist working with drawing, objects, kinetics and sites most often thinking through sound. She is based in Tkaronto, Canada and is represented by Christie Contemporary.

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Soundball (guitar amps) is both an instrument and a sculpture. Viewers can manipulate the soundballs as a way to play with sound compositions. Each ball contains an accelerometer; the sound in each ball slows down or speeds up based on the ball’s axial location.

Exhibition History: 2015 dc3 Art Projects (Edmonton, Alberta); 2015 NAISA (New Adventures in Sound Art, Toronto); 2015 School of Design, George Brown College (Toronto, Canada); 2015 AGO First Thursday (Toronto, Canada); 2014 Doris McCarthy Gallery (Toronto, Canada); 2013 Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (Kitchener, Canada)

See also: Soundball (crate amp), Soundball: Dancehauling, Sound Ball 4, Warm Weather, Marla Hlady & The Tristanos

Soundball (guitar amp), 2013
sound, two custom guitar amps, two custom soundball stands, two soundballs (stainless steel ball, microprocessor, sound board, accelerometer, LEDs and cable)
6 inches diameter (ball), 12.25 x 13 x 8 inches (guitar amp)

Software design: Wild Rhombus Software

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Photo credits: Marla Hlady