Focusing on the existing electronic system in place, we approached the Scaniaparken location as a site structurally determined by the amplification of music and sound. The existing electronic sound system was used as the sole source for the production of the sound work through a series of feedback investigations. Using two microphones and a mixer, feedback was generated over a 40 minute period, allowing whatever elements and input were present to influence the movements and modulation of sound, including voices, wind, ambiance, etc. Frequencies ranging roughly between 200Hz and 10000Hz oscillated between the left and right channels, producing a stereophonic conversation. This was recorded directly from the mixer to capture the intrinsic details of the resulting sound.
Full Pull 08 festival, Malmö, Sweden 2008 |
By re-presenting the feedback as a recording, the work creates a tautological yet site-specific proposition: if the formation of this landscape is defined by the installation of a sound system, influencing social behaviors, interactions and extended memories of the site, the performance and amplification of that system's very mechanics holds out the promise of tuning listeners into the functioning media apparatus as the structuring device behind one's experience.
Full Pull 08 festival, Malmö, Sweden 2008 |
