Call + Response
Aluminum gutter, contact mic, nickel horn, paint, speaker, wiring, installation at c3:initiative, Portland Biennial, Curated by Michelle Grabner, 2016
Northern Flickers, a common woodpecker, drum on hollow logs and metal to attract a mate. But urban flicker's hammering is drowned out by human noise. Amplifying horns were attach to metal gutters, the flicker’s favorite sounding boards, to broadcast their drumming to neighborhood flickers...
Call + Response is a collaboration with biologist Dr. Peter Wetherwax, Biology, UO