1971
Water Whistle I, 1971

Sound work reference:   New York University, New York, 1971

'I realized these underwater aural topographies in swimming pools heated to body temperature. The audience listened to the work, which could only be heard underwater, by lying in the water on their backs, ears submerged, nose and mouth out.

They mark the beginning of my transition from working in concert halls to making site-specific sound works. The basis for this series was the exploration of the new sound world offered by our different sense of hearing in water'.

Max Neuhaus

From Web, clip from "New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant Garden, New York, 1971" by Michael Blackwood.