Sound Sites!
<< Continued from page 4
Up to
Karlsruhe, Deutschland next to
Sabine Schäfer and the Topophonien
installations. Sabine
has worked in electronic and computer-realized
music for nearly 20
years. Her Topophonien Project, featuring
three-dimensional
sound installation - 'raummusik', has been
continuing for 10 years.
This knock-out site features a wealth
of information on her work and
the work of her collaborator Sukandar
Kartadinata, the 'informatics'
expert who realizes the technology
that Topophonien
engages.
An article
on Art & Technology by
Detlef Schmid explores a few points
that are ongoing issues with
eMuse readers. Also look
for a well-written piece by Rolf H.
Funck on Sound Landscapes.
The site is comprehensive, the graphic
design smart and clean.
Only missing is a listing of most recent
activities.
We'll
make our final visit today to the
Art AND Technology website.
Featured here are numerous
artists, each with a different take
on the uses of technology in art.
The work shown is uneven, but
some of the pieces are definitely worth
the stop. Sara Garden
Armstrong has a particularly strong showing
with Airplayers
Bookwork. These are elegant, limited edition,
book-sized
multimedia works featuring container, book, video and
sculpture.
Ron Kuivila,
mentioned above, has a
very strong conceptual showing here in
a literally shocking piece.
The Spark Armonica is a 12,000
volt powered glass harmonica.
Sonics are produced by the unique
sound of crackling electricity and
the resultant resonance of
the charged wine glasses -
ZAP!
We'll
end on a more tortured look at
technology selected especially
for those who have not had enough
techno-abuse at the hands of
their own PC's and Macs: don't miss
Steven Geiger's Auto Flagellator
a work featuring steel, video
camera, video monitor, electric
motor, riding crops, canvas,
electric components and 3-D
scanning bed. Oh yes, my droogies: the
installation would not
be complete without the included Whipping
Station, 58"
high x 51" wide x 31"
deep!
Roaring
off to the
cyber-sunset down Info Highway 66, the eMuse Thunderbird
express rips out across the burnin' land. From the few good hits
we'll notch our barrels, the shots well-taken, the sites well-seen.
Dust-billowed flash of heaving hot metal, rubber burnin', tires
sceechin', top torn down - we'll say so long to this clean, well-lit
screen. Adios amigos til next we hit the techno-road!
Copyright
© 12 March 2000 Jeff
Talman, Saratoga Springs, NY,
USA
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