When you arrive at The Center, you’ll be welcomed into a calm, light-filled space designed for rest and reflection. You can choose a mat on the floor, stretch out on a rug, or settle into a sofa — whatever feels most comfortable for an hour of stillness.

Once the Gamelatron begins, the lights soften and the sculpture’s 15 gongs play in slowly shifting patterns. All you need to do is lie back, breathe, and allow the resonant tones to move through you. Some guests drift into a meditative state, others into sleep, and many describe feeling both deeply grounded and transported.

At the end, the sound fades gradually into silence, giving you a few moments to gently return before rising. The whole experience is quiet, restorative, and intentionally unhurried.

A Gamelatron is a sound producing kinetic sculpture presented as site-specific installations and stand alone art works by artist Aaron Taylor Kuffner.

Gamelatrons are made from bronze and iron instruments derivative of Indonesia’s thousand-year-old sonic tradition Gamelan, retrofitted with mechanical mallets on sculptural mounts.

The pieces are connected to a physical computing system that transcribes digital compositions into an array of electrical pulsations that results in a ghostly musical automaton.

For over a decade, conceptual artist, sculptor, and composer Aaron Taylor Kuffner immersed himself in the study of Indonesian Gamelan music. While living for several years in Java and Bali he learned to play the Gamelan, researched the process of making the instruments, cataloged various tuning modalities, and developed his own electronic notation system, all the while gleaning gamelan’s cultural and spiritual significance.

Over the last 17 years Kuffner has built more than 100 Gamelatrons of various sizes, instrumentations and intentions. The collection of Gamelatron works are shown in diverse settings around the globe ranging from museums to retreat centers, spas, private homes, unique public spaces, educational institutions, cultural centers and at exceptional events.

For more information about the Gamelatron, please visit Gamelatron.com