adam basanta
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Adam Basanta’s ‘Small Movements’, the Fragile Dialogue Between Feedback, microsound and Tiny Spaces
We have before featured Adam Basanta’s work, which has been predominantly developed on installations in which he uses miniature audio systems, controlled feedback, kinetic structures and a fantastic dialogue of both small and big spaces to create intricate works both aural and conceptually…
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Adam Basanta’s Curtain, An Installation Made of 240 Pairs of Ear Buds
Adam Basanta’s new work explores a microsonic network imagined as a sonic refugee: “The ubiquitous white earbud headphone creates an interior sonic environment into which one can retreat from the external world. Within this personalized sonic bubble, the headphones function…
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closer then farther away
closer then farther away | Kinetic sound sculpture. 2015 | 2 Lavalier microphones, speaker cone, 3D printed stands, 2 stepper motors, electronics, custom software, acrylic. Amplification bridges physical distance (from my phone, to a satellite, to your phone), while simultaneously reminding us…
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message past future
sound installation. 2015 | vintage portable cassette-tape recorders, 3 modified cassette tapes, electronics. “The only thing we know about the future is that it is going to be different.” – Peter Drucker, Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (1973), Pt. 1, Ch. 4.…
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listening through a small plastic box
sound installation. 2015 | acrylic box, microphones, reclaimed speaker cone, vu meter, electronics, headphones. Using a procedural yet nonsensical amplification chain, a live stream of the gallery soundscape is sent into a clear acrylic box containing electronic amplification components and…
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a room listening to itself
a room listening to itself | sound installation | 2015. 8 SM58 microphones, 8 reclaimed speaker cone, electronics, fishing wire. “Feedback occurs when output of a system is directed back into its input. As output continuously funnels into the input – which…