Speaker Hang

Speaker Hang was an installation presented at the 5th PRISM night 29th January 2010.

It is a work that takes a tongue-in-cheek swipe at elaborate multi-speaker set ups. Suspended speaker cones are arranged in a haphazard manner with the emphasis on their sculptural qualities and little attention paid to problems of acoustics, positioning and phase. This gently mocks those who strive for the ultimate high fidelity set-up, seek a fabled ideal listening environment and make perpetual adjustments to their equipment in search of an unobtainable perfect listening experience. The music playing through the sculpture is a complementary original composition which uses sound sources which are usually considered undesirable. It is constructed from manipulated as amp hum and feedback