Re: [microsound] sympathetic

[yatra <yatra@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wollscheid, Christina Kubisch










At 01:19 PM 28/08/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 13:54:33 -0400 tim kugel <guitardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>writes:
>> Hi,
>> anyone have any information on microsound (+) artists, research, 
>> not
>> well-known instruments, and recorded works done using sympathetic
>> vibrations - made with acoustic sources (forks, bells, 
>> architecture,
>> etc.)? 
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>Yeah, a friend of mine and his twin brother vibrate buildings and other
>structures. John and Mark Bain.  Here is part of an interview of John
>from the Tentacle; below that are a couple links pertaining to Mark.     
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>I basically designed the Mutant Data Orchestra devices for my own use,
>and since I don't label any of the switches, it would be hard for other
>performers to use them. I have performed on them with my brother, Mark
>Bain, but I trust his aesthetics so it worked out well. It was at my
>first show with my extended kit at the 1998 Dutch Electronic Arts
>Festival (DEAF) in Rotterdam (www.v2.nl). He was vibrating the V2
>building with a computer-controlled motor system, and I invited him to
>collaborate on the performance as well. The theme of the festival was
>"The Art Of The Accident," which seemed appropriate to both projects.
>Another show we did, in 1999, was at the Het Paard, a large night club in
>Den Haag, with me on stage controlling the MDO and him on vibrating
>building being fed back through the mains from several arrays of
>geophones. Some destruction happened as well, but that was the point of
>the exhibition. So his vibration projects do work well with the MDO since
>it adds a rhythmic element to the proceedings.                           
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>http://www.inthemeantime.nl/people/mark/mark2.htm                        
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>http://www.recycleyourears.com/reviews/reviews2/mbvib.htm