Call Response
Aluminum gutter, contact mic, nickel horn, paint, speaker, wiring, installation at c3:initiative, Portland Biennial, 2016
Site-and species-responsive elements invite humans and flickers to attempt interspecies communication.
Flickers, a common woodpecker, drum on hollow logs and metal to compete for territory and to attract a mate. But their hammering is often drowned out by human noise. These amplifying horns attach to gutters, flicker’s favorite sounding boards, to help them broadcast their drumming to neighborhood flickers, and to exhibition goers inside the gallery.
Call + Response is a collaboration with biologist Dr. Peter Wetherwax, Biology, UO
Call/Response
Copper gutter, contact mic, nickel and brass horn, paint, speaker, wiring, dimensions variable, 2016
Flicker drumming is broadcast from the exterior to the interior.
Call + Response is a collaboration with biologist Dr. Peter Wetherwax, Biology, UO.
Drum
Audio MP3, 00:11, arduino, amplifiere. mixer, wiring, 2016
Inside, a copper gutter is turned into a touch-sensitive instrument that will broadcast an audio sample of flicker drumming to neighborhood flickers when touched.
Call + Response is a collaboration with biologist Dr. Peter Wetherwax, Biology, UO
Drum (detail)
Call + Response is a collaboration with biologist Dr. Peter Wetherwax, Biology, UO
