This work is an installation born out of the Transmission+Interference workshop and is a collaboration with digital artist Vincent Van Uffelen.
Audio is transmitted via hacked laser pointers and received by photo-resistors. The received audio is then amplified. Any action that disturbs the laser signal (i.e, blocks the path between transmitter and receiver) will therefore stop the audio transmission.
There are many ways with which to disturb the signal and we initially have used a copy of Duchamp's 'bicycle wheel', often said to be the first kinetic sculpture. Also taking influence from Cage we created a prepared bicycle wheel. The wheel was placed between the transmitter and receiver and had small pieces of card placed at points between the spokes. When the wheel was spun rhythms of noise and audio signal were created.
We are currently working on scores for the wheel.
