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Exhibitions 2003
ArchiSound with Mark Bain
28. March – 04. May 2003
| Opening: | 28. March 2003, 7 p.m. |
| Press: | 27. March 2003, 2 p.m. |
The American artist Mark Bain works on the interface of acoustics and architecture. »Sonusphere« is his new, monumental piece specifically designed for the Edith-Ruß-Haus and its surrounding terrain.
Its basis is an interest in the micro-sounds which travel through the materials surrounding us, in this case the sound of the earth itself.
Modified seismic sensors pick up the normally unheard movements of the earth and are channeled through the entire building until reaching a 'crescendo' in Bain's sonusphere.
Unique in its purpose and design, the sonusphere is essentially a wired, inflatable ball that fills the entire upper floor and takes signals generated from an acoustic network running through the entire architecture. It acts as a low frequency, 360 degree, acoustic radiator translating the sound to its curved walls as physically pulsating sound pressure.
sonusphere.mp3 (1,36 MB)
Soundfile of the installation, 2 min. (mp3)
Opening Performance: March 28, 2003
Mutant Data Orchestra:
John Bain - modified electronics
Mark Bain - architectural acoustics, sound processing
The Mutant Data Orchestra, consisting of the twin brothers John and Mark Bain, rewires the products of our digital society to expose the hidden agents within.
Through live circuit modification of digital answering machines, cheap digital toys and sound instruments the performers manipulate the data pathways and exert on their sound production without the use of a conventional software interface.
These sonic generators produce shards of noise with auto-improvised stabs of high pitched bell and cello tones.
At times one can hear the intermeshing of data as a liquid waterfall of sonic information.
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