Bodies of Work

Standing Wave Seance
2010
Computer-generated, 3-channel sound, guitar amp, PA speakers, Home stereo speaker, drawing, sculpture, light bulb controlled by light organ. Produced in collaboration with James B. Maxwell.

Interior view

Exhibition venue: Seattle Art Museum

To the left we added a series of Platonic solids to better channel the computer-synthesis that is happening here at the home stereo speaker. The Marshall Micro Stack plays acapella samples of Kurt's yells, screams, grunts, and the odd word or phrase. Over a pair of PA speakers one hears crowd sounds. Through the microphone, the computer takes harmonic samples of the yells from Kurt, the crowd, and any visitor who might wanna yell into the mic, and creates a series of sine waves that are eventually reduced down to one tone. The light bulb flickers according to the synthesis created by the computer via a simple light organ.