P1000453.jpg – Archive Estate Max Neuhaus
Max Neuhaus decided to produce some 500 battery-charged Max-Feed boxes (1966) equipped with soldered electronic components and small speakers that functioned as scores and instruments.
Anyone could use these boxes to perform a feedback piece simply by using a radio. The lettering on the lid instructed the user to remove the inner from the outer box, place them in front of a radio or a tuner, then drape the blue and white wires over the radio turned on, and with the inner box also on, “find the place on the radio dial where it picks up the max feed sounds.” The feedback sounds could be further readjusted with tuning screws on the inner box. This project became one of several realized that year through which Neuhaus began blending his musicianship with audience participation and a broader art context.
Max Neuhaus, Max-Feed Works:
American Can, Central Park, New York
American Can, Park, Staten Island, New York
American Can, Lincoln Center Plaza, New York
By-Product, Something Else Press, New York
By-Product, Park Place Gallery, New York By-Product, Town Hall, New York
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