Agitator

1993

Acoustic installation,
reel-to-reel tape recorder, 2 microphones, amplifier, 2 speakers, stands, cables, magnetic tape, street noise, wisteria tree
Description:
I placed the tape recorder, on a stand, next to a tree in the street, and I placed the two microphones
on the pavement, as far from each other as possible.
The device recorded the noises and sonic events of the street.
I looped the tape of the recorder in a way that it also encircled the trunk of the tree, and I
covered the erasing head of the recorder with aluminium foil. This, in theory, enabled the
instrument to record and store an infinite amount of sonic information. The amplifier
and
the speakers facilitated the monitoring of the event.