Category: Electronic/Digital

Experimental listening: “Pillowsongs” by George Khut »

We’ve all heard of experimental music, but what is experimental listening? George Khut, a Sydney based artist specializing in “body-focused interactive art systems” (e.g. biofeedback systems) is the creator of “Pillowsongs,” an installation exploring sleep and rest as a space for listening. A large collection of music and audio recordings were mixed semi-randomly [...]

Computer controlled wine-glass thing »

Here’s a curious percussion machine created by yaaaratheone for a Physical Computing class at Union College, NY.

Listen to a sunrise »

Richard Widerberg from Göteborg, Sweden has some very odd and interesting sound recordings on his website including a track entitled “Sunrisescape” which makes use of light sensors and two oscillators to record the gradual illumination of a rising sun. You can find this recording here.
Is this a new form of photography?

Monome videos »

A monome, besides being contemporary sexy, is a key and light board which, using community created applications, can do virtually anything imaginable.

Expect to pay between $500 (for the 64 button) and $1,500 (128), that’s if you can even get on the waiting list OR you could buy a kit and do it yourself! Check [...]

Call This Number! »

Call +4790369389 to have your voice blasted into the luscious lands of Norway through September 20th, 2008.

Telemegaphone Dale is a 23-foot-tall wind-powered loudspeaker sculpture that picks up incoming calls and projects them into the nearby surroundings. This Telemegaphone, created by the Swedish designers at Unsworn Industries, is located on a mountain overlooking the village [...]

50 Particles in a Three-Dimensional Harmonic Potential »

The “50 Particles in a Three-Dimensional Harmonic Potential” is a 10-minute composition derived from the algorithms explained in the “Sonification of Particle Systems via de Broglie’s Hypothesis.” The composition is broken up into 5 movements (listed below), each 120 seconds long. You do not have to be a physicist in order to enjoy [...]