kaspar könig

Zimmerstreich (I) mit Schlagsahne

Idea:
Suppose the inside of a room is the resonance body of
an instrument…. How would the instrument have to look like to sound good?
An installation to interactively search the sound of the room.
(with and without participation of the audience)

Howto:
a little check on the materials in the room.
(is there a window? is there a door? is there wood in the room?
is there another system like airco inside? etc.)
then a check of attachmechanisms in the room.
where can i tension to points without hurting resonancy?
and then attach & tension the strings (nylon/metall etc.) to
all the attachable points and insert classical ridges to tune and
emphasize. If necessary, amplify also with piezos and pickupcoils.
Also Simon will install 4 boxes with feedback coils. They will be hung from the
sealing and will swing around.

test & changes:
Throughout the exhibition the workout will contain changes of
extra resonance boxes and other things possibly tensioned to the wall by the
placed strings.

in the installation:
audience is able to touch and play the strings on walls/ floors/ windows etc.
in the vernisage or finisage the room will be played with a composition made
by the maker at that moment.

technology:
>nylon, endless guitar-strings, and more strings of any kind.
>nobs, ridges, tensioners from the instruments like violin, guitar, bass.
> plugs and screws to make attachmentpoint. (drill machine)
> piezo, pickup, 8 track mixer (or more) and 3 small PAs. (this can be home use old amplifier systems from 2nd hand shop)

Made by Kaspar König and Simon Berz

have a look at those 2 links :-)
http://unsound.pl/en/festival/program/artists/2008/show/31
and
http://fait.pl