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Ghost Installation: Långholmsgatan

Hernandez, Katt LU (2018)
Abstract
Ghost Installation Långholmsgatan is one of several "Ghost Installation" compositions in the project.

This Ghost Installation was an early prototype for using Rpi machines to drive an entire work. It was also when I decided not to put the speakers in enclosures, both for sonic and aesthetic reasons, as well as to make sure it was not mistaken for anything other than a group of speakers, since my original speaker enclosures were taken to be nefarious objects by passers-by. The Rpi machine I used would only handle four sounds. These are a clothing rack from the former nearby Tjuvgods (Thief Goods) second hand shop, which was staffed by people completing parole;boats creaking in the water beside Långholmen, which is under the... (More)
Ghost Installation Långholmsgatan is one of several "Ghost Installation" compositions in the project.

This Ghost Installation was an early prototype for using Rpi machines to drive an entire work. It was also when I decided not to put the speakers in enclosures, both for sonic and aesthetic reasons, as well as to make sure it was not mistaken for anything other than a group of speakers, since my original speaker enclosures were taken to be nefarious objects by passers-by. The Rpi machine I used would only handle four sounds. These are a clothing rack from the former nearby Tjuvgods (Thief Goods) second hand shop, which was staffed by people completing parole;boats creaking in the water beside Långholmen, which is under the bridge directly in front of the camera; a synthesizer triggered by the clothing rack, and; a synthesizer triggered by the boats. The rest of the sounds in the video are from traffic and passers-by, who do not appear on camera. Thus, this was also an exercise in listening to how field recordings and synthesizers might blend with or come out in front of the real world sounds around this type of installation.
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sound installation, stockholm, urban studies, electroacoustic, Raspberry Pi, PureData, psychogeography
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English
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  abstract     = {{Ghost Installation Långholmsgatan is one of several "Ghost Installation" compositions in the project. <br/><br/> This Ghost Installation was an early prototype for using Rpi machines to drive an entire work. It was also when I decided not to put the speakers in enclosures, both for sonic and aesthetic reasons, as well as to make sure it was not mistaken for anything other than a group of speakers, since my original speaker enclosures were taken to be nefarious objects by passers-by. The Rpi machine I used would only handle four sounds. These are a clothing rack from the former nearby Tjuvgods (Thief Goods) second hand shop, which was staffed by people completing parole;boats creaking in the water beside Långholmen, which is under the bridge directly in front of the camera; a synthesizer triggered by the clothing rack, and; a synthesizer triggered by the boats. The rest of the sounds in the video are from traffic and passers-by, who do not appear on camera. Thus, this was also an exercise in listening to how field recordings and synthesizers might blend with or come out in front of the real world sounds around this type of installation.<br/>}},
  author       = {{Hernandez, Katt}},
  keywords     = {{sound installation; stockholm; urban studies; electroacoustic; Raspberry Pi; PureData; psychogeography}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  title        = {{Ghost Installation: Långholmsgatan}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/162021959/La_ngholmsgatan_FINAL_video_clip.mp4}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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