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 and exhibition goers inside the gallery.
Call + Response is a collaboration with biologist Dr. Peter Wetherwax, Biology, UO
Copper gutter, contact mic, nickel and brass horn, paint, speaker, wiring, dimensions variable, 2016
Flicker drumming is broadcast from the exterior to the interior.
Audio MP3, 00:11, arduino, amplifier, 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
Audio MP3, 00:11, arduino, amplifiere. mixer, wiring, 2016
Call + Response is a collaboration with biologist Dr. Peter Wetherwax, Biology, UO
Archival print, metal stand, drumsticks, 20”x20”x40”, 2016
Musical and spectograhic notional systems are presented to help humans learn flicker.
Call + Response is a collaboration with biologist Dr. Peter Wetherwax, Biology, UO
