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The intervention PROTOCOL 99∆ C, by the duo Lolo & Sosaku, blurs the boundaries between noise, action and musical sculpture, activating Apolo as a living system. The piece unfolds in two temporalities: on one hand, an ephemeral mechanical installation activated through a live performance; on the other, a permanent work suspended along the stairway connecting the main room with La (2) and La (3), composed of a machine in dialogue with an LED screen installed on the ceiling.
The project creates an ecosystem of objects, vibrations and tensions in which sculpture becomes an event rather than a static form. These artefacts—situated between instrument and machine—produce sounds, resonances and frictions that shape a live, ever-changing experience. This dual condition—ephemeral and permanent—generates a pathway where the work expands across time and space.
Lolo & Sosaku, formed by Lolo (Buenos Aires) and Sosaku (Tokyo), are based in Barcelona, where they have worked together since 2004. Their practice approaches sculpture as an expanded field activated in relation to space and audience. They build mechanical and motorised devices that generate sound through tension, impact and vibration. In recent works, these machines also extend into drawing and painting, delegating gesture to mechanical systems and constructing a universe they describe as “poetic mechanics.” Their work has been presented in institutions such as MACBA, Centre Pompidou, Power Station of Art and Museo Reina Sofía.
The installation is part of Art Meets Apolo, a multidisciplinary exhibition project that seeks to unite art and clubbing through the perspectives of Barcelona-based artists and residents. The cycle has already featured works by Pedro Torres, Mónica Rikić and Jordi Gispert Pi, Alba Rihe, Sejal Parekh, Milica Lukic, Miroslav Perković and Andrei Warren, Antoni Miralda, and Anna Carreras.
The project is the result of a collaboration with LAB36 and Galeria Senda, weaving connections between two worlds that share audiences, ways of working, and experiences, with a clear and common goal: to strengthen and give visibility to local culture.