In his Black Table performances Hans Beckers uses a machine that amplifies normally inaudible sounds through a magnetic field. He uses found objects, kitchen objects, and utensils as musical instruments. Objects that we all know, but don’t know how they sound. Like for example an electric toothbrush, a massage machine, a mixer, a small fan, a clock, metal sponges, …
If a motorized or metal object makes contact with the magnetic field of the coil it gives interference. So each object has a whole range of sounds in order how the object is played and placed in the magnetic field. Hans Beckers shows how objects that are not generally considered fit to play music on can in fact become musical instruments. In a combination of composition and improvisation, a whole range of materials is being tuned and rhythmically, melodically and harmonically played.