Back in 1984 this was my degree show.
ZX81, solenoids from the Ark Royal, 5 reel to reel tape decks, 70m tape loop, pressure mats, 20 speakers and 200m of grey wire. I/O box programmed to switch between the systems.
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Doppler Reel to Reel
Rotating armatures holding a speaker and a microphone powered by the tape loop.
Feeding of its own feedback the audio constructs melodic rhythms of phased feedback sounds.
Tree Monitor
Sliding potentiometers change the buzz of the three oscillators. Hung between 2 trees and the ground wind movement generates a shifting wail…
Monitor
Monitor floats and records windspeed…
Reel to Reel Quartet.
29/2/1984. Part of Sound Week.
4 reel to reel decks and one long tape loop. Deck 1 records and plays, decks 2, 3 and 4 only play back.
Mucus Toy Band
The Mucus Toy Band at Sound Week.
29/2/1984
Soraya Basma, Dug Hedges, Chris Garratt, Nicky ONeal, Mike Phillips.
A selection of Jazz favourites on plastic toy clarinets and saxophones.
Drumming
The sound of drumming…
Art Hysteria
Moholy Nagey Light Modulator reconstruction.
Many thanks to Leslie Kerman for infinite insight…
Reel to Reel
50 foot tape loop, 4 reel to real tape decks, each recording and playing on the same tape loop.