By tyler on Sep 21, 2008 in Bands/Musicians, Contemporary, Experimental, Homemade/DIY | 4 Comments
Judy Dunaway, also known as “The Mother of Balloon Music,” is an experimental composer, conceptual artist, social activist, and noise enthusiast. She has created over thirty works using latex balloons as her instrument of choice!
One of my favorite pieces, “Surabaya,” can be heard below:
More balloon music
Through POPPING, squeezing, and rubbing, Judy has carved quite [...]
By tyler on Sep 15, 2008 in Bands/Musicians, Bowed Instruments, Experimental, Homemade/DIY, Idiophones, Inventions, Wood | 7 Comments
Rarely does an instrument’s form match up with it’s sound as perfectly and whimsically as the daxophone’s. Invented by Hans Reichel of Germany, the daxophone is a friction idiophone who’s vibrating mechanism is an oddly but tactically shaped wooden tongue which is attached to a block of wood. The vibrations travel from the [...]
By tyler on Sep 14, 2008 in Aerophones, Experimental, Garden Instruments, H2O Instruments, Nature, Public | 17 Comments
What’s more intimate than walking on the beach at sunset? Walking on the beach at sunset while listening to the sweet serenade of a wave-powered organ of course! and if you ever find yourself in San Francisco, Blackpool, or Zadar, I suggest you make a date to visit the local sea organ.
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By tyler on Sep 7, 2008 in Art, Electronic/Digital, Experimental, Metal, Noisemakers, Performances, Public, Technology | 0 Comments
The Telemegaphone Dale loudspeaker will continue to “speak” incoming phone calls until September 20th, 2008. For those of you who don’t know, Telemegaphone Dale is a 23-foot-tall wind-powered loudspeaker sculpture that picks up incoming calls and projects them into the mountains of Norway and the nearby village of Dale. Read more about this [...]
By tyler on Sep 3, 2008 in Art, Electronic/Digital, Experimental, Listening, Public | 0 Comments
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 [...]
By tyler on Aug 27, 2008 in Electronic/Digital, Experimental, Nature, Recordings | 0 Comments
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?
