In her performance Klangflug (2006 – 2013, several versions) Lara Stanic looks for ways to transmit the airiness and volatility of sound itself to the heavy loudspeakers, needed to produce sounds. By simulating sounds of an airplane taking off on … read more
An active loudspeaker by Hermann Scherchen
Through his intensive occupation with recording and reproducing music, the conductor Hermann Scherchen (1891-1966) became aware of the enormous amount of people listening to music through loudspeakers. He was concerned with the difference between the complex sound diffusion during a … read more
Bandoneonbook by Hans W. Koch
In Bandoneonbook (2003) by Hans W. Koch the acoustic feedback between the small, internal microphone and the loudspeaker of a computer is played by opening and closing the laptop, similar to how one would play a bandoneon. The music software, … read more
InPutOut by Ute Wassermann
Working with a principle similar to that in Windy Gong Ute Wassermann developed a kind of loudspeaker dress through which her voice sounded (see both pictures above from 1989).
In 2015 she composed a new piece called InPutOut using these loudspeaker … read more
p. 159 tubes by Paul Craenen
tubes (2007) by Paul Craenen:
p. 135 Der tönende See by Kirsten Reese
Der tönende See (2000) by Kirsten Reese
Kirsten Reese has also made an online documentation of Der tönende See, which allow you to hear the sound of several bowls by moving your computer mouse on them.… read more
p. 107 Streetwalker by Ellen Fullman
Streetwalker (1980) by Ellen Fullman, amplifying the skirt with contact microphones:
p. 99 Three Short Stories and an Apotheosis by Annea Lockwood
A short fragment of Three Short Stories and an Apotheosis (1985) by Annea Lockwood. You hear the audience throwing the loudspeaker ball (and laughing while doing this).
This fragment comes from the radio show Speaking of Music with Annea Lockwood … read more
p. 99 Speaker Swinging by Gordon Monahan
Speaker Swinging (1982) by Gordon Monahan: