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Lost Music

Fate Ticket

My research today took a poetic wander. In thinking about the electromagnetic environment and how 'on land' we are submerged in modulated mumblings, my thoughts turned to the electromagnetically silent world of the deep, a world where radio and light don't penetrate, a world that can only be felt through other senses; the skin, the emotions, sound. Today I started looking at the Titanic.

Titanic Hull

Titanic Hull

This is a picture (2004) taken of the hull of the Titanic 92 years after she sunk. The wreck lies at approximately 3,500 metres below the surface of the water, which is the same distance as the tops of some alpine peaks. This very beautiful and peaceful photograph along with a selected few other relatively hi-res images can be found at the Boat Shed

All photographs by Robert Ballard, the original diver discoverer of the Titanic wreck. The image was retrieved from the above link.

John Cage: Silence and Silencing

Publication Type  Journal Article
Citation Key  1997
Year of Publication  1997
Authors  Kahn, D.
Journal Title  The Musical Quarterly
Volume  81
Pages  556--598
Number  4
Publisher  Oxford University Press
Publication Language  eng
URL  http://www.jstor.org/stable/742286

Funkhaus circuit

Funkhaus circuit

I found this and other beautiful circuit drawings whilst foraging in the derelict back buildings and basement of the Rundfunk der DDR, Funkhaus Nalepastrasse. Even thought the main building is still used for recording and performance, the back buildings are a hive of discoveries for the explorer with skip-raking tendencies with all sorts of communicative artefacts lying around from 70's intercoms to glass tanks for battery making.

U-Bahn

A one stop journey on the U-Bahn recorded with a low frequency EM sniffer (amplifier) and solid-state recorder.


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Communication Suite

Communication Suite

Circuit 3

Circuit 3

This circuit is the most complex, and produces a variable EM output that is detectable by the previous two circuits.

Circuit 2

Circuit 2

A more complex circuit with more components, limiting the input to lower frequencies.

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