Resonating Mary
e.g.ø 2003 - sound installation (various media: guitar,
CD player, amplifier, guitar amplifier)
Shown:
'Cover Theory' group exhibition: Piacenza, 10 May : 29 June 2003, Centrale della Luce, curated by Marco Senaldi.
'Space is still the Place' group exhibition: Bologna, 25 Jan. 2003, TPO, Curated by Marco Altavilla and Anna De Manicnor.
Stereolab second vocalist and poly-musician Mary
Hansen died on 9 Dec. 2002.
More than an art installation, this is first of all a tribute to a wonderful
person.
Thank you Mary.
E. G.
Principle
After having selected some vocal parts of Mary, E.G. has arranged these parts in a 16 minutes composition. This composition is reproduced by the CD-player and it is amplified by a speaker. The guitar is laid upon the speaker so that the strings resonate to the sounds coming from the CD. The guitar is then amplified by a powerful guitar amplifier so that a feed-back effect is created between the strings and the guitar amplifier. This results in a series of different feed-backs according to the composed sounds.
Documentation
Video of the installation:
.: High quality MPEG [0':55'' - 10 MB]
:: Low quality MPEG [0':09'' -
1,7 MB]
Images of the installation [click to enlarge]:
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Images are poor in quality since the room was
very dark - actually only the acoustic component of the work is relevant.
Sound excerpts of the installation:
.: mary001.mp3 [0':29'' - MP3@320Kbps 1,1 MB]
:. mary002.mp3 [1':21'' - MP3@320Kbps 3,1 MB]
:: mary003.mp3 [0':45'' - MP3@320Kbps 1,7 MB]