Reminds me of my closet in the late 80′s….not really. I only had one radio that half way worked along with a shoebox of cassettes that I used to tape the hip hop show that came on the radio on Sunday nights. What yall know about putting paper in the cassette so you can record over purchased tapes….ha.
Ok, I’m done….above we have some work from Maia Urstad titled Wall Of Sound:
The CD-and cassette radios in the installation have a double, visual and conceptual function. On an auditory level they are mediating the sound image implemented in the installation. Visually they are the concrete building blocks, the obvious function in the wall, but they also reflects issues related to the technical development and our culture of consumption.
The CD players in the wall are playback units for a composition of electronically treated sounds borrowed from radio waves, Morse code, FM- and satellite radio etc. Sound signals that also will be obsolete and forgotten sooner than we might expect.
The installation SOUND BARRIER is a creative examination of correspondences and the juxtaposition of issues. The questions it poses are many, including and especially: ‘What will become of the ruins after us`?’
Photo by watz
