Dark Electronics (Sapporo International Arts Festival)
Abstract
Darkness – a room without a window
Make a sound circuit
Blow into a whistle to generate electric current, light and sound
A collective performance
Take part in an all-day event making a Dirty Electronics’ sound and light circuit in oblique conditions. What happens when darkness descends on our workbench? And mains electricity becomes scarce and precious? Dirty Electronics’ and Kanta Horio’s Dark Electronics is an event where the making is set out like a score with preconditions. These preconditions are designed to test and challenge us. A performance unfolds. Success and failure are both possible.
The event will include making the Dirty Electronics’ Whistle Turbine that uses the breath to generate electric current, light and sound, and a public performance.
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The preconditions will:
Force the simplification of designs and constructs
Question optimisation and efficiency in production
Act as a call for collective action and do-it-together (DIT)
Critique maker culture and tokenistic making
Celebrate the hand-made and manual labour
Emphasise touch and listening
Create an holistic practice of making and performing
Description
Citation : Richards, J. and Horio, K. (2017) Dark Electronics [music performance/composition, sound object]. Sapporo International Arts Festival, September 2017.
Research Group : Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre
Research Institute : Music, Technology and Innovation - Institute for Sonic Creativity (MTI2)
Peer Reviewed : Yes
Collections
- Leicester Media School [1420]