Vibrations and Waves

pendulums

2010

maquette / prototype

dimensions: variable

materials: piano strings, turnbuckles, wooden table, wood, 12 volt batteries, electromagnetic coils, electric guitar pick-ups, mechanical components, 555 oscillator circuits

Electromagnetically driven strings sound continuously, above which are two pendulums with pick-ups mounted on each of their extremities. Whenever a pendulum passes over an acoustically vibrating wire, the pick-ups capture the sound.


reference:
Pendulum Music Steve Reich, 1968
Music On A Long Thin Wire, Alvin Lucier, 1977
The Wires, Alan Lamb, 1976 - present
Kick That Habit, Voice Crack, 1989

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rusted resonators
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Instrumentation demonstrations

series of experiments
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Instrumentation

site-variable kinetic sound installation
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Pendulum Music On A Long Thin Wire

performance installation
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spiderlogic

research project
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Instrumentation, variations

series of site-variable kinetic audio installation
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Instrumentation, variation no. 8

Québec City, Québec
site-variable kinetic sound installation
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NKD research

residency research, prototypes, maquettes