5 channel soundscape form the sculpture "a block and tackle of lures reels and rods"

BlockAndTackleSoundscape Long verison

This is the soundscape for an interactive piece of installation art. This sound piece uses ultrasonic sensors, micro-controllers, and a Pure Data patch to distort a soundscape as the viewer approaches the speakers. When the viewer is within 15 inches of the piece, the program running holds the distortion. The soundscape is composed of recordings of the Dutch experimental Music Duo Siti Bauw. 

Sirens I

2015; speakers, ultra-sonic sensors, micro-controller, Pure Data patch, 4 channel Siti Bauw and Laura Curry soundscape; dimensions variable

One of the four tracks in an interactive sonic installation that uses viewer’s movements through space to modify, in real –time, a 4 channel soundscape composed of performances by interdisciplinary artist Laura Curry and Dutch experimental music duo Siti Bauw. As viewers approach the speakers their distance is detected by ultrasonic sensors and the open source software Pure Data uses this information to shift the soundscape from harmonic enticements to come closer to distorted admonishments to move away.


Sirensong Long excerpt

2015; speakers, ultra-sonic sensors, micro-controller, Pure Data patch, 4 channel Siti Bauw and Laura Curry soundscape; dimensions variable

One of the four tracks in an interactive sonic installation that uses viewer’s movements through space to modify, in real –time, a 4 channel soundscape composed of performances by interdisciplinary artist Laura Curry and Dutch experimental music duo Siti Bauw. As viewers approach the speakers their distance is detected by ultrasonic sensors and the open source software Pure Data uses this information to shift the soundscape from harmonic enticements to come closer to distorted admonishments to move away.

Sirensong

2013; Wood, sound-bites, micro-controllers, ICs, leather, buckles, and for-ton; 2’ x 5’ x 2.5’

A solo female voice performing  a collection of sound-bites that span the range of language that love generates when filtered through popculture movies like American Pie, Chasing Amy, Happy Gilmore, etc. You can listen to a stereo version of the 5 channel soundscape here.

A Block and Tackle of Lures, Reels, and Rods Soundscape Excerpt

Artist: N/A
www.breadsly.com
This and the Chopin piece echo the vibrations of human desperation in our futile investigation for permanent, mutual glorification.

Echoes

Scriabin  by N/A

Artist: Raina Martens
Raina makes speculative ceramics, plays in the band Ultra Beauty, and lives in Washington, DC.
www.rainamartens.com 
www.ultrabeauty.bandcamp.com 

This experiment transposes the premise of Rainbox. It dwells on the difficulty of recreating a sensation, in this case, the feeling of watching the sky. Using YouTube as an informal archive, the track compiles audio from diaristic videos about the sun and clouds. Sentimental and awkward, the videos, shared originally with an anonymous public, are gestures of intimacy in and across virtual space. Relaying the affective structure of A Block and Tackle of Lures, Reels, and Rods, this piece invites listeners to consider the ambivalent space of mediated interaction.

Sky Watchers by Raina Martens

Artist: Liza Grobler 
www.lizagrobler.com
Early morning soundscape 2018

 (English transcript)

I’ve been thinking …
about ---
what kind of sounds constitutes our spaces
Many of these sounds are barely audible
Like the dog stretching out right next to me
Or the sound of the fog horn
In the distance
The movement of the birds
Flying past my ---window
The clouds drifting past in the sky as
…
It slowly becomes light -
It is early morning here in Cape Town
------
I wonder what this day will bring

Oggendklankgreep by Liza Grobler

Artist: Kyle Butler
Kyle Butler is an artist and teacher from Michigan who currently lives in Buffalo, NY. 
www.kylebutlerart.com
Description
The sound piece uses a set of irregularly percussive, chattering sounds with liberal panning to parallel the role of conversational connections between people in Lessner's work.  It has a simple build-plateau-release structural arc, but the build is sparse and the plateau sudden as if to reflect a coming-to-understanding or a moment of physical affection dispelling argument.  Despite being irregular, the chatter noises respond to each other, echoing phrases from one ear to the next and slowly instituting more consistent tonal features.  It's not a particularly warm sounding piece, so I suppose the interaction between people imagined is one with as much complication as affection.  When reached, the plateau churns but is backed by a more welcoming tonal drone that lingers a bit after things dissipate.

SoundFor LizLessner by Kyle Butler

Artist: N/A
www.breadsly.com
This and the Scriabin piece echo the vibrations of human desperation in our futile investigation for permanent, mutual glorification.

Chopin by N/A

A stereo version of the 5 channels sound-scape of a Block and tackle of lures, reels, and rods

Liz Lessner

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