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We are proposing a textured sound adventure, one both
playful and unpredictable, that will take place in an environment made
up of sound devices that all have their own characteristics and
domains: nuts that toc! and chatter against each other as they dance at
the end of metal stalks, canned wind that relieves its agitation with a
rush, boxes that croak and crackle and creak. Undertones and fleeting
impressions of the ordinary, sound metaphors of natural spaces, these
automated constructions create a sound environment that is sometimes
turbulent, wild and disturbing, sometimes seductive, amusing and
transporting. They extend an invitation to saunter freely, to linger,
and to let oneself become infused with them.
Undertones is an orchestra of automatic sound mechanisms constructed
from a wide range of elements: wood, metal, gears, guitar strings,
winding mechanisms, tin cans, motors, photographs, and recycled
objects. These sound mechanisms are arranged on steel structures with
movement detectors, amplifiers, loudspeakers and circuit boxes. Each
object is activated either by a motorized mechanical arm or by its own
motors that are controlled by electronic circuits (microcontrollers)
that store the program with that object’s specific movements. A master
microcontroller organizes the order in which the objects activate and
the timing with which they do so. All of the sounds are amplified to
ensure better spatial diffusion. Motion detectors trigger all of the
mechanisms as the auditors/viewers move about the exhibition space,
setting off a more or less organized series of sounds.
This orchestra of automatic mechanisms makes for an exploration of
sound with endless variation. The sound patterns fluctuate as a
function of the interaction with the audience, which makes for a
completely unpredictable sound environment.
REVIEWS — PRESS COVERAGE
2003 Redfern,
Christine. « Confirmed
rumeur », Montreal
Mirror, Montréal (Québec), July 3, p. 34
2003 Auslander, Philippe. « L’objet Sonore »,
2003 Art Papersmagazine, Atlanta (Géorgie), May/June, p. 35
2003 L’objet Sonore at Eyedrum, Atlanta Creative Loafing, Atlanta
(Georgie), January 22, p. 18
2003 Fox, Catherine. « Sound Waves », The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, Atlanta (Géorgie), February 7, p. Q6
2003 Putnam, Jonathan. « Georgia State and Eyedrum animate your
eardrums », The GSU Signal, Atlanta (Géorgie)
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