Whistle Wall
2010- present
“Whistle Wall” is the title of a series of site-specific participatory sound installations. Each installation consists of a network of breath activated whistles embedded in walls and connected with tubing that span various distances. The network takes the form of service systems typically found in an interior environment: that of electricity and data. In order to activate the work, people are invited to blow into modified electrical boxes and data faceplates directly (in private spaces) or with straws (in public spaces). The intimate gesture of blowing into the hole results in a whistle being sounded at a distant location.
As an individual experience, the work positions the viewer into an intimate act with the infrastructure of the wall and expands the definition of occupying space. If several people activate the work, they create a pattern of gestural communication and complete the work through musical collaboration.
From 2010- 2015 this installation was installed in several interior spaces, both public and private, temporary and permanent. (Shown here: private residence, Brooklyn; Hunter MFA studio; private residence, Manhattan, Diapason Gallery, Brooklyn; PG Contemporary Gallery, Houston.)
2010- present
“Whistle Wall” is the title of a series of site-specific participatory sound installations. Each installation consists of a network of breath activated whistles embedded in walls and connected with tubing that span various distances. The network takes the form of service systems typically found in an interior environment: that of electricity and data. In order to activate the work, people are invited to blow into modified electrical boxes and data faceplates directly (in private spaces) or with straws (in public spaces). The intimate gesture of blowing into the hole results in a whistle being sounded at a distant location.
As an individual experience, the work positions the viewer into an intimate act with the infrastructure of the wall and expands the definition of occupying space. If several people activate the work, they create a pattern of gestural communication and complete the work through musical collaboration.
From 2010- 2015 this installation was installed in several interior spaces, both public and private, temporary and permanent. (Shown here: private residence, Brooklyn; Hunter MFA studio; private residence, Manhattan, Diapason Gallery, Brooklyn; PG Contemporary Gallery, Houston.)
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Whistle Wall
2010- present
“Whistle Wall” is the title of a series of site-specific participatory sound installations. Each installation consists of a network of breath activated whistles embedded in walls and connected with tubing that span various distances. The network takes the form of service systems typically found in an interior environment: that of electricity and data. In order to activate the work, people are invited to blow into modified electrical boxes and data faceplates directly (in private spaces) or with straws (in public spaces). The intimate gesture of blowing into the hole results in a whistle being sounded at a distant location.
As an individual experience, the work positions the viewer into an intimate act with the infrastructure of the wall and expands the definition of occupying space. If several people activate the work, they create a pattern of gestural communication and complete the work through musical collaboration.
From 2010- 2015, this installation was installed in several interior spaces, both public and private, temporary and permanent. (Shown here: private residence, Brooklyn; Hunter MFA studio; private residence, Manhattan, Diapason Gallery, Brooklyn; PG Contemporary Gallery, Houston.)
2010- present
“Whistle Wall” is the title of a series of site-specific participatory sound installations. Each installation consists of a network of breath activated whistles embedded in walls and connected with tubing that span various distances. The network takes the form of service systems typically found in an interior environment: that of electricity and data. In order to activate the work, people are invited to blow into modified electrical boxes and data faceplates directly (in private spaces) or with straws (in public spaces). The intimate gesture of blowing into the hole results in a whistle being sounded at a distant location.
As an individual experience, the work positions the viewer into an intimate act with the infrastructure of the wall and expands the definition of occupying space. If several people activate the work, they create a pattern of gestural communication and complete the work through musical collaboration.
From 2010- 2015, this installation was installed in several interior spaces, both public and private, temporary and permanent. (Shown here: private residence, Brooklyn; Hunter MFA studio; private residence, Manhattan, Diapason Gallery, Brooklyn; PG Contemporary Gallery, Houston.)
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