1983
KUSTHALLE BASEL Untitled by Max Neuhaus.
Basel, Switzerland. Extant: October 2 - November 6, 1983

Max Neuhaus Untitled Drawing

          Drawing:Untitled, 1993Colored pencil on paper65.5 x 95.5 cm; 65.5 x 29 cm        
Collection Max Neuhaus Estate

Sound Work Location: Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland.
Dimensions: 22 x 11 x 10 meters. Extant: October 2 - November 6, 1983

MNE-DRAW Exhibithions Basel .pdf

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For his sound installation at the Kunsthalle Basel, Max Neuhaus used a similar technique. He first located all the sounds and noises in the large hall on the second floor: passing traffic and streetcars, additionally amplified by the pipes of the heating system fitted behind paneling around the entire hall - a feature of this particular room. Neuhaus also noticed the creaky old parquet floor and an occasional click in the pipes. He then used a synthesizer to create a loose layer of sounds and noises along the edges of the hall measuring 22m in length, 11m in width and 10m in height. The effect was somewhere between a clicking and a dripping sound that could clearly be heard, when it was quiet, emanating from the lower part of the room and blending with the sounds outside. The sound sources were invisible, hidden under the heating system

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Bibliography / Texts by others / 1982 - Jean-Christophe Ammann, "Notes on Max Neuhaus".

Bibliography / 1983 - Sound Installation Max Neuhaus, (German, English), Kunsthalle Basel, Basel. Catalog

Bibliography / Texts by others / 1983 - Carter Ratcliff, "Space, Time and Silence: Max Neuhaus' Sound Installations"

Bibliography / Texts by others / 1994 - Germano Celant, Max Neuhaus: An Occasion for Listening.

Exhibitions / 1983 - Max Neuhaus, Sound Installation und Zeichnungen Kunstalle Basel, 2 Oktober bis 6. November.