Machines for Singing

Rowena Easton and Mike Blow, 2006

Machines for Singing is an audio installation that plugs into the fabric of a building, using real-time feeds from accelerometers and microphones as the raw audio material for a sonic composition. The transducers are attached to various sonically relevant parts of the structure so we are in effect hearing 'what the building hears'. In addition some of the sources are pitch shifted up, making audible sounds that are normally of too low a frequency to hear, allowing visitors to appreciate the forces and processes occurring around them of which they would otherwise be unaware. The presented piece is composed in real time using data from sensors placed around the building which sense the structure's reaction to its environment and the rhythms of the occupants' use of the building.

http://www.machinesforsinging.org/

Team:

Rowena Easton and Mike Blow - Lead Artists

Pete Attwood - Sound Consultant

Barbs Attwood - Artist