1983
(Untitled) Kunsthalle, Basel, 1983
Sound Work Location: Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland.
Dimensions: 22 x 11 x 10 meters. Extant: October 2 - November 6, 1983
1983
Books published on the occasion of the inauguration of a sound work:
Max Neuhaus: Sound Installation [German, English] (Basel: Kunsthalle Basel, 1983).
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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