A tribute to small futile projects and general random thinking

Monday, November 3, 2008

panoply (accidental music #39)


http://www.mediafire.com/?4gzitti2yt4
SETUP:
-A TENT CONSTRUCTED OF SCRAP 2X4’S, COVERED IN OLD SHEETS AND BLANKETS SO IT WOULD BE TOTALLY DARK INSIDE.
-2 SETS OF HEADPHONES
-FENDER RHODES MARK 2 (GLOW IN THE DARK PAINT ON THE SUGGESTED KEYS)
-2 SMALL CONDENSOR MICS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TOP, RUN INTO IBOOK WITH AUTOMATED REVERB AND PANNING, ON A 5 MINUTE LOOP TO CREATE DIFFERING SENSATIONS OF SPACE.
-2 SMALL CONDENSOR MICS RUN INTO A MIXER WITH DELAY AND REVERSE DELAY.
-3 STEREO LOOPS (BETWEEN 1 AND 3 MINUTES) MADE WITH THE SETUP PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION.
-2 CONTACT MICS, ONE ON FLOOR, ONE ON WALL.
EXECUTION:
-THROUGHOUT THE THREE-HOUR EVENT, PARTICIPANTS WERE INVITED TO GO INSIDE AND TALK AND FEEL AROUND, HOPEFULLY PRODUCING A CHANGING SENSATION OF SPACE AND SOME AMOUNT OF DISORIENTATION.
RESULT:
-MOST PEOPLE WERE CONFUSED AND THE SPACE WAS NOT SOUNDPROOFED SO MUCH OF THE END SOUND WAS PROCESSED EXTERNAL SOUND.
-ALL THREE HOURS WERE RECORDED OUT OF MIXER DIRECT TO MINIDISC. I ONLY LISTENED TO PART OF IT.

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