music - experimental

nothing is lost, only altered

General instructions

Use multiple microphones, amplification and speakers for each structure
Make the amplified sound as natural as possible
Do not ‘treat’ the sounds in any way other than through natural distortion and feedback
Do not influence the resultant noise once the systems have been activated

Specific instructions

1. Choose an event site (where the event happens)
2. Choose a safe listening point where the event can be heard from the site
3. In choosing the event space and listening point try to use the natural acoustics of the landscape to enhance the acoustic and amplified sound of the event
4. Choose an event start time
5. Duration of event to be 30 minutes
6. Create a structure (structure 1) that is highly combustible and attach a fuse from the listening point
7. Create a large unstable structure (structure 2) out of resonant materials on top of structure 1
8. Create a structure (structure 3) that naturally amplifies and alters the sound of running water and is fed by a hosepipe at the listening point
9. Structure 3 should be designed so that the water should overflow onto structures 1 and 2 and extinguish the fire in about 10 minutes
10. Ignite fuse 10 minutes after start time
11. Feed water into the structure 3 20 minutes after the start time using the hosepipes from the listening point
    
12. Turn off any amplification after 30 minutes
    

© lawrence reed oct 2008

generations 1

take piece of music
fix exact coordinates for a venue
perform every 10 years to the exact anniversary

generations 2

take piece of music up to 5 minutes long
perform every 10 years to the exact anniversary

generations 3

create a sonic event
record events and interview audience reaction on video
replay video recoding 1 year later
repeat actions two and three for as long as possible

© lawrence reed oct 2008 - february 2009

ZOO

equipment

6 cordless microphones
6 amplifiers
6 speakers
6 animals

instructions

1. Attach cordless microphones to 6 live animals
2. Do not harm in any way
3. Create a listening point where the animals cannot be seen
4. Amplify sound but do not add any effects
5. Arrange 6 speakers in a semicircle
6. Continue for one hour
   

© lawrence reed – jan 2010

4th plinth project - the ebb of acrophobia