electromagnetism

  • Speculative Noise and Premonitory Matter: An Interview with Jorge Barco

    Speculative Noise and Premonitory Matter: An Interview with Jorge Barco

    (Translated from the original published at Sonic Field in Spanish) To ask about the borders between science, art and speculation is ambiguous. Although the categories that we have created over the years have forced us to separate the disciplines and…

  • Field by Martin Messier, Sound Performance Based on Residual Electromagnetic Signals

    Field by Martin Messier, Sound Performance Based on Residual Electromagnetic Signals

    FIELD is a new work by Canadian artist Martin Messier, previously known for his intricate audiovisual machines, unique installations and intense performances. This new work is based on the idea of creating sounds out from residual electric signals, using electromagnetic transducer microphones to pick up…

  • la chambre rouge

    The room is red and the door open. There are traces of passage. Voices are sounding from outside while i am here. I’m turning, between memory and oblivion. La Chambre Rouge is an installation that perceives, records, emits and transforms words…

  • phantom terrains

    phantom terrains

    Streams of wireless data surge from internet exchanges and cellphone relays, flowing from routers to our devices and back again. This saturation of data has become a ubiquitous part of modern life, yet it is completely invisible to us. What…

  • earth sound earth signal

    earth sound earth signal

    “Then it is possible to step back yet again and describe how the constitution of an electromagnetic plenitude was already underway during the twentieth century in the realm of sound synthesis, and how it related to notions of nature, control,…

  • Electromagnetism Recording and Sonic Inspiration from Jean-Edouard Miclot

    Jean-Edouard Miclot is a sound designer and field recordist, who recently launched his own sound blog. Some days ago, he published a very cool post, where he talks about electromagnetism recording, a really interesting topic for anyone interested on get…