Found & sound
Robert Rauschenburg (1925-2008)
Oracle (1962-1965)
youtu.be/fgF_BngJtEk 1:39
Five-part interactive sculpture consisting of "found" salvaged metal objects with five concealed AM radios for sound:
-vent duct
-car door on typewriter table,with crushed metal
-constructed staircase control unit housing batteries and electrical components
-wooden window frame with vent duct
The video link above shows you how the objects work with sound.
Oracle is a sound environment made up of five AM radios where the sounds from each radio emanates from one of the five sculptures.The viewer can play the sculpture as an orchestra from the controls of one of the pieces by varying the volume and the rate by scanning through the frequency band.But they cannot stop the scanning at any given station.The impression was that of walking down the Lower East Side on a summer evening and hearing the radios from the open windows (each object representing an open apartment window with a radio playing,my guess) of the apartment buildings.The materials used for the work were found on the streets of New York.
Found & sound
Robert Rauschenburg (1925-2008)
Oracle (1962-1965)
youtu.be/fgF_BngJtEk 1:39
Five-part interactive sculpture consisting of "found" salvaged metal objects with five concealed AM radios for sound:
-vent duct
-car door on typewriter table,with crushed metal
-constructed staircase control unit housing batteries and electrical components
-wooden window frame with vent duct
The video link above shows you how the objects work with sound.
Oracle is a sound environment made up of five AM radios where the sounds from each radio emanates from one of the five sculptures.The viewer can play the sculpture as an orchestra from the controls of one of the pieces by varying the volume and the rate by scanning through the frequency band.But they cannot stop the scanning at any given station.The impression was that of walking down the Lower East Side on a summer evening and hearing the radios from the open windows (each object representing an open apartment window with a radio playing,my guess) of the apartment buildings.The materials used for the work were found on the streets of New York.