Flickers - CARLA BENGTSON

Flicker Horns,
installation mock ups

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 tunes.

Call + Response is a collaboration with Peter Wetherwax, Biology, UO

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copyright 2016

Call & Response
installation at c3:initiative, Portland Biennial 2016

Site-and species-responsive elements invite humans and flickers to attempt interspecies communication.

Call + Response is a collaboration with Peter Wetherwax, Biology, UO

[email protected]
copyright 2016

Call and Response (exterior gutter to interior horn)
Aluminum gutter, contact mic, nickel and brass horn, paint, speaker, wiring, dimensions variable, 2016

Flicker drumming is broadcast to neighborhood flickers and to exhibition goers inside the gallery via large amplifying horns mounted to the exterior and interior.

Call + Response is a collaboration with Peter Wetherwax, Biology, UO.

[email protected]
copyright 2016

Call (exterior gutter to interior horn)
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 Peter Wetherwax, Biology, UO

[email protected]
copyright 2016

Response (human to flicker)
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 Peter Wetherwax, Biology, UO

[email protected]
copyright 2016