SUPERDRUM consists of one hundred second-hand drums, donated by the public or sourced from online marketplaces and thrift stores. Not a single drum is the same; each drum carries its own history in dents, discolourations and old band logos.

Touki Delphine built a self-playing drum machine from this collection, played by twigs from the forest via solenoids, a mechanism also used in car doors. Each drum is equipped with light and can be controlled individually. Specially for the installation, they composed new music, written for the possibilities and limitations of the machine.

The unique combination of sound and light in SUPERDRUM creates a mesmerizing performance. The spectator is left under a blanket of rhythm with a refreshed sense of time, and the feeling that they’ve taken part in a ritual communication with another world, whether that be of the digital or the spiritual form. Or likely a little of both.