as part of FAXEN
Sound installation, 2010
Hairdryer, table tennis ball, keyboard, glass cube, light sensors, wood
Dimensions: 120x40x40cm
“For the Birds” is a homage to John Cages’ aleatoric work. The setup is devoted to the study of randomness, it’s generative force and the correlation between noise and sound: recurring concepts and motifs in the work of Cage.
This sound installation is based on the interplay between objects and processes. Two opposing hairdryers set a ball in motion inside a glass cube. Light sensors underneath the glass, influenced by the moving ball, trigger twelve chromatic tones on a circuit-bent keyboard. The result is an infinite, random composition.
Exhibitions
- Repeat please,… | SKÁLAR Centre for Sound Art and Experimental Music, Iceland/IS | 4. – 14.10.12
- BEST OF 2010 | Tabakfabrik, Linz/AT | 5. – 14.11.2010
- Flimmern & Krachen | Projekt_Love, Vienna/AT | 9. – 23.4.2010