Beyond-the-Loudspeaker
Beyond the Loudspeaker, Sound Forms Festival, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong [Image: Winston Yeung, 2023]
Beyond the Loudspeaker is a series of performance-installations by Dirty Electronics and Tim Shaw exploring ways to produce electronic sound without the use of a conventional loudspeaker.
Beyond the Loudspeaker, Sound Forms Festival, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong [Image: Winston Yeung, 2023]
Almost all electronic music relies on the use of a loudspeaker in its performance or production. This project presents alternative methods for sound creation through high voltage sparks, plasma speakers, transduction and electromechanical devices to excite objects and summon sound.
Beyond the Loudspeaker features the following DIY instruments: Spark Jugs, Plasma Induced Fluorescent Tubes, Franklin Bells, Dry Ice, a Jacobs Ladder, Melodicas, Xenon Camera Flash, Spark Field, Motor Garden, Motor Mice, Bottle Top Bucket, Self Inflating Balloon, Car Horns, Relays, Transducers, Flickering Light Bulbs and Telephone Bells.
Beyond the Loudspeaker, Newcastle Contemporary Art, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Beyond the Loudspeaker was developed with Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong and presented at the Sound Forms Festival at Tai Kwun Contemporary and Newcastle Contemporary Art.
Beyond the Loudspeaker, Sound Forms Festival, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong [Image: Winston Yeung, 2023]
Spark Gap Workshop, Sound Forms Festival, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong [Image: Winston Yeung, 2023]
Beyond the Loudspeaker, Sound Forms Festival, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong [Image: Winston Yeung, 2023]
Beyond the Loudspeaker, Sound Forms Festival, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong [Image: Kris Yeung, 2023]
Beyond the Loudspeaker, Sound Forms Festival, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong [Image: Kris Yeung, 2023]
Beyond the Loudspeaker, Sound Forms Festival, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong [Image: Kris Yeung, 2023]
Beyond the Loudspeaker, Newcastle Contemporary Art, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK [Image: Toby Lloyd, 2024]