This piece was recorded live at Phil Niblock's Experimental Intermedia Foundation in New york in the spring of 2005 and is part of Andre's ongoing series focused on creating micro-environments, computer controlled hermetic spaces. Bringing together sound and space through sympathetic vibrations, sound is used as a medium to excite space in order to render audible its natural resonances – sound multiplying in and by space.

Six objects were suspended from the ceiling at different heights, each one made from a globe of white glass with one microphone, one speaker and one electrical lamp inside. Each speaker was connected individually to a computer, that triggered 6 different frequencies – one for each of the speakers. These frequencies were tuned to the objects' resonance frequencies causing them to resonate.

There was no amplification for the sound coming from the objects. Kenneth Kirschner was plugged into the room's sound system.

a small video from the original performance can be found here



André Gonçalves

Lives in Lisbon, Portugal.
Since 2000 he have also integrated and created several projects with diferent sound approaches namely 'ok.suitcase', 'etch', 'stapletape', 'ltthwhasp', 'iodo' and 'gigantiq'. Recently, AG also created audio-light installations like 'pRe-production', '8 steps', 'quiet not safe' and 'fake environment'. In 2004 he was granted with the 'Ernesto de Sousa Fellowship' for experimental intermedia art.
Self-educated programmer, AG have been developing several audio-video applications in max-msp, flash, java and processing presented in multimedia showcases, online galleries or magazines, in performances and, most of all, in his day work for developing all his graphic, video and sound works.
His discography includes releases on the labels Grain of Sound and Crónica Electrónica (pt), Stasisfield (usa), Efervescence (fr), Cherry Music (jp) and Antmanuv (can).

http://www.ctrl.tk

Kenneth Kirschner

Kenneth Kirschner’s music combines 20th century avantgarde (most importantly Morton Feldman) with contemporary electronic music. His methods mix achance procedures with a rigorous editing only possible in the digital environment. An advocate of freedom of information, Kirschner makes his work freely available online, and releases material under intellectual property licenses that encourage – rather than inhibit – the music’s free proliferation and appropriation. Kenneth Kirschner was born in 1970 and lives in New York City.

www.kennethkirschner.com

reviews

Touching Extremes[31.12.2005]
AG and KK recorded this fabulous thing at Phill Niblock's Experimental Intermedia Foundation and, quite sincerely, no words of mine can describe the pure intensity and the breathtaking tension that these slow oscillations are able to originate. the sheer magic of these sounds speaks for itself!
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