)) centro PLANEPHONES G Ricerche “Margherita di metallo” Art sound installation by Michelangelo Lupone Musicali Music by Laura Bianchini, Michelangelo Lupone Production and realization CRM Centro Ricerche Musicali for the “Music Biennale Zagreb 2007” De moc Metal daisy is an art sound installation based on Planofoni® (Planephones.CRM, Rome). They are vibrating systems based on wood panels (or other materials) and different forms. Planephones are not loud speakers, they diffuse sound but with characteristics depending on the structure of matter, on the design geometries, on the directions and curves of the surfaces, on their volumes. They differ from conventional sound diffusion systems, in that the sound acquires the timbrical quality of the material employed and, in addition, by diffusing the sound homogeneously along the surface, permits designing the acoustic space according to the architectural space. The term “Planephone” means ‘a plane that transmits sound’ and was conceived to achieve two goals: the uniform diffusion of sound in space; the music control of vibrational qualities of matter. Metal daisy, especially adapted for the presentation at the Biennale in Zagreb, attempts to create a resonating and concentrating ambience where people can listen to the music composed by Laura Bianchini and Michelangelo Lupone moving in the space. The art sound installations designed by the composer Michelangelo Lupone, are creations that integrate the music with the means of sound diffusion, with the scenic and listening space. The installations represent one of the innovations of contemporary musical language, since they vitalize a more general process of transformation of the ways of fruition and composition of the musical work.