Music Box

Music Box, installation and software design, Waag Society for New Media, Amsterdam, 2004. For Music Box we created a 16-channel sound installation in the the Waag's Theatrum Anatomicum, built in 1691. Historically this was a space dedicated to scientific experimentation. Dissections were secretly done by the surgeon’s guild in this site. Our installation engaged the acoustics of the dome, swirling sounds around the space to invoke its stories and to reengage it for new ones. We designed an armature to install the handmade speaker system without harming the landmark site. To direct the motion of the audio through the space, we used Vernacular, a software we designed, to create a sensation of directionality and buoyancy. This project was supported by an artists residency at the Waag Society and Rockefeller Foundation fund for new media art.

The Connected! Archive, September 2004