Ghost Installation: Sparvkvarteren
(2019)- Abstract
- Ghost Installation: Sparvkvarteren was part of the same evening that Deuterium: Virkesvägen was composed for. It was made with a single, combined recording of sparrows from Solna, Tensta and Hammarby, two clips of synthesizer material, and two recordings of the construction machinery closing in on Virkesvägen 3, recorded the same week we made our event in the Coyote Collective’s exhibition, Pioneer Town. The area was called Sparvkvartern (or “Sparrow block”) according to the artists there.
This was installed on-site, on one of the walls of the space, as several artists had done with their audio-visual contributions. I was still testing the viability of PureData on Rpi machines (palm-sized, circuit board computers that are fully... (More) - Ghost Installation: Sparvkvarteren was part of the same evening that Deuterium: Virkesvägen was composed for. It was made with a single, combined recording of sparrows from Solna, Tensta and Hammarby, two clips of synthesizer material, and two recordings of the construction machinery closing in on Virkesvägen 3, recorded the same week we made our event in the Coyote Collective’s exhibition, Pioneer Town. The area was called Sparvkvartern (or “Sparrow block”) according to the artists there.
This was installed on-site, on one of the walls of the space, as several artists had done with their audio-visual contributions. I was still testing the viability of PureData on Rpi machines (palm-sized, circuit board computers that are fully functional, if not very powerful, and cost 35 USD each) for carrying out Ghost Installations. I used an extremely limited number of sound files because this was all the Rpi could handle. I then duplicated the stereo signal with cable spliters, and ran it up two walls on either size of a corner, in order to diffuse the sound through the room. I used JBL Go speakers for this particular occasion. Pioneer Town was built around a concept of bringing the outside construction site feeling inside the building. Thus I brought the sparrows in, too. (Less)
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- Hernandez, Katt LU
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- publishing date
- 2019-02-19
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- Non-textual form
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Sound Art, psychogeography, Raspberry Pi, Site-Specific Art, field recording, Eurorack, urban activism, Stockholm
- language
- English
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- yes
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- bd35b421-bff3-4634-aa28-6720938a6819
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author = {{Hernandez, Katt}},
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title = {{Ghost Installation: Sparvkvarteren}},
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