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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