Salix aurita — Ohr-Weide (2018) is a work for 150 floating loudspeakers by île flottante | Andrea Gsell & Nica Giuliani and Lilian Beidler. These small loudspeakers travel 500 meters down a small river in the Merian garden in … read more
Drohnenmusik by Genoël von Lilienstern
Not much music approaches us from above. But with the increase use of drones for all kinds of applications, the birds seem to have lost their unique position for aerial music. In his performance, Drohnenmusik (2013-2014), Genoël von Lilienstern developed … read more
Echo Moiré by Matteo Marangoni
Echo Moiré (since 2011) by Matteo Marangoni is an exploration of space, sound, and movement in the form of a robotic opera ballet. Two sonic vehicles drive around the space. These two robots perform a sophisticated choreography, gradually investigating the … read more
Vestiges of Discomposition and other works by Simon Whetham
Before Simon Whetham begins his performance, he asks you to close your eyes. However, I could not help but open my eyes briefly a few times. I saw Simon walking around slowly, holding a cymbal in his hands. A tactile … read more
Sound in a Jar by Ronald Boersen
In Sound in a Jar (2016) by Ronald Boersen three performers— Ronald Boersen himself, Dganit Elyakim and Hadas Pe’ery—move three different microphones back and forwards to a very small loudspeaker placed in a jar. As Ronald explained me, this piece … read more
Klangflug by Lara Stanic
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
p. 138 Audible EcoSystemics by Agostino Di Scipio
Audible EcoSystemics n. 3a (Background Noise Study) (2003) by Agostina Di Scipio:
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. 134 Eliane Radigue
A documentation on Eliane Radigue. She mentions how she places loudspeakers in the concert hall at 9’55”: