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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