Harvester at ASU / AME

Harvester
Sound Installation by Ed Osborn
Computing Commons Gallery
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
February 3 - March 11, 2005
Lecture February 3, 3-4pm, Computing Commons Auditorium
Reception immediately following the lecture

Harvester is an installation that employs sound, kinetic elements,
and interactivity to create a shifting audio field from a system of
controlled feedback. These sounds are generated in real time and
filtered so that they become a set of evolving, resonant low and
mid-range tones that can be listened to for an extended period. The
piece consists of a set of microphones that are held at the ends of
slender, flexible support stands which are moved by electric motors.
The stands are distributed around the space so that visitors can walk
among them. As they move through the piece, visitors can affect its
behavior by their physical presence in the path of the sound. Both
the visitor input and its results occur in real physical space. It is
a form of interaction that is both complex and subtle, one that is
intuitively engaging and rewards extended interaction.

Images and more information:
http://www.roving.net/installations/harvester.html

Arts, Media and Engineering Program * Institute for Studies in the Arts
Arizona State University
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Ed Osborn
[email protected]
http://roving.net