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recorded in July 2015 in Vienna (AT)

the Omega Birch is a wearable antenna receiver which picks up electromagnetic fields from its surroundings and translate them into audible sound. It is part of a series of costume receivers made for 'Magnetoceptia', a collaborative project by Patrizia Ruthensteiner and Dewi de Vree.

The very last worldbattle will take place underneath the alone standing birch. 
it is known for having "natural EQ". 
baltic birch is among the most sought-after wood in the manufacture of speaker cabinets. Birch has a natural resonance that peaks in the high and low frequencies, which are also the hardest for speakers to reproduce. This resonance compensates for the roll-off of low and high frequencies in the speakers, and evens the tone.
the project necessitates an involved participation and the object or event under consideration is by necessity considered not as an artefact but in its dynamic production that involves the performer/listener as intersubjectively constituted in perception, while producing the very thing he perceives, and both, the subject and the work thus generated concomitantly, are as transitory as eachother.

Vienna // Omega Birch

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The ‘Baltic Woodpecker Bogwalk’ illustrates a 24 hours exploration of the Meenikunno Raba Bog in Estonia, October 2015. It was mastered with a portable Yagi Antenna transformed into a wearable antenna receiver ‘The Baltic Woodpecker’. The structure of an ordinary local rooftop-antenna was used in order to pick up electromagnetic waves from the High Frequency or ‘shortwave’ band. Since this reception method is depended on factors like time of the day, season, temperature, humidity and other physical properties of the atmosphere, the purpose of this walk was to fully explore the sonic possibilities with this specific receiver antenna. The route of the bog was proceeded in a circular course, according to the Estonian Native Calendar in which all elements are recurring and time is perceived as a circle.

Estonia // The Baltic Woodpecker / Bogwalk / AM Space Orchestra

The Baltic Woodpecker illustrates a 24 hours exploration of the Meenikunno Raba Bog in Estonia, October 2015. It was mastered with a portable Yagi Antennatransformed into a wearable antenna receiver ‘The Baltic Woodpecker’. The structure of an ordinary local rooftop antenna was used in order to pick up electromagnetic waves from the High Frequency or ‘Short Wave’ band. Since this reception method is dependened on factors like time of the day, season, humidity and other physical properties of the atmosphere, the purpose of this walk was to fully explore the sonic possibilities with this specific receiver antenna. the routeof the bog was proceeded in a circular course, according to the Estonian Native Calendar in which all elements are recurring and time is perceived as a circle.

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Estonia // The Baltic Woodpecker / Bogwalk / Silent Zone

Live recording of Performance in the Glass House, May 29 2016 at the Opening of the Magnetoceptia in the Glass House Exhibition, Amstelpark Amsterdam (NL). 

The Kinematic Loom of Orbit incorporates a Soviet Loom, two Personas in constrained position and the circular motion caused by those elements, composed in such a way as to merge into an perpetuating apparatus. 

The integral mechanism is caused by the dynamic interaction of various constants with limited room for maneuvre. The input of the singular elements to the whole system is dependant upon each other’s position and determined by the spatial and material elements that can be observed as equal actors within the whole setting.

As a result of signals bouncing back from the stone walls of the Silo, while primarily being modulated electronically by one speaker in the centre of the space, sound materialises itself in the third dimension,
 highly concentrated and enhanced in this reverberating container.

It is caused by two orbiting signal sources (electrical motors), interfering with each other and creating a superposition of waves,
 intangibly affecting the cross-shaped electromagnetic antennas incorporated into the loom, that transform the signals into electronic sounds.

The Kinematic Loom of Orbit is part of Magnetoceptia, a collaborative Project between Patrizia Ruthensteiner and Dewi de Vree. More info on the Project can be found here: https://magnetoceptia.wordpress.com/


Kinematic Loom Of Orbit - Glass House Live 1

Live recording of Performance in the Glass House, May 29 2016 at the Opening of the Magnetoceptia in the Glass House Exhibition, Amstelpark Amsterdam (NL).

The Kinematic Loom of Orbit incorporates a Soviet Loom, two Personas in constrained position and the circular motion caused by those elements, composed in such a way as to merge into an perpetuating apparatus.

The integral mechanism is caused by the dynamic interaction of various constants with limited room for maneuvre. The input of the singular elements to the whole system is dependant upon each other’s position and determined by the spatial and material elements that can be observed as equal actors within the whole setting.

As a result of signals bouncing back from the stone walls of the Silo, while primarily being modulated electronically by one speaker in the centre of the space, sound materialises itself in the third dimension,
 highly concentrated and enhanced in this reverberating container.

It is caused by two orbiting signal sources (electrical motors), interfering with each other and creating a superposition of waves,
 intangibly affecting the cross-shaped electromagnetic antennas incorporated into the loom, that transform the signals into electronic sounds.

The Kinematic Loom of Orbit is part of Magnetoceptia, a collaborative Project between Patrizia Ruthensteiner and Dewi de Vree. More info on the Project can be found here: magnetoceptia.wordpress.com/


Kinematic Loom Of Orbit - Glass House Live 2

Recording of a live performance in the context of the exhibition 'Magnetoceptia in the Glass House', organised by Zone2Source in the Amstelpark Amsterdam (NL), July 2016. Video by Lee Ellickson, Patrizia Ruthensteiner, Dewi de Vree.

‘Admiraal van Delfshaven the 1st’ is a wearable Antenna receiver which picks up different invisible phenomenas from its surroundings and makes them audible through electronic sound. The shipmast-inspired construction is entirely built from materials found in Rotterdam Harbour. The un-/foldable wooden beams serve as platforms for a selection of receivers which have different configurations to convert electromagnetic fields and wind energy into sound. The picked up signals vary in the range of maritime and aviation communication frequency bands as well as urban- and naturally generated signals of the environment. The signals of the specific location, modulated by the wearer through operating different mechanisms of the costume, each time result in a unique composition.

‘Admiraal van Delfshaven the 1st’ is part of the series of costumes developed in The Netherlands for Magnetoceptia, a collaborative project by Patrizia Ruthensteiner and Dewi de Vree.

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Admiraal Van Delfshaven The 1st - Glass House

Recording of live performance of Magetoceptia - Kinematic Loom of Orbit in Worm, Rotterdam (NL) on September 17 2016.

Kinematic Loom Of Orbit - Worm

The Warp Weighted Skidder Maiden depicts the case of a baltic birch tree cut down and taken out of its natural environment, tilt from the vertical into the horizontal position in order to serve as the mast for a vast aerial complex. The fictious agricultural machine is equipped with weights of red apples and stones to provide gravitational thrust, to balance the slight disequilibrium and in order to faciliate the enticement of evil spirits.

The heavy trunk is exposed on the open field regarded as an arena and set in motion purely through the performers force, beginning with the act of lifting and subsequently balancing it on her shoulders while rotating around her own axis to evoke audible change through the stereo effect of the antenna.

The Warp Weighted Skidder Maiden is part of the Estonian Episode of Magnetoceptia, a series of antenna based costumes for performance and installations. The project is a collaboration between Patrizia Ruthensteiner and Dewi de Vree

Warp Weighted Skidder Maiden

Live Rehearsals for 'Klankvorm presents Mechanism', recorded at Helicopter Studio in Dec 2018

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