TITLE: Application #2
MATERIALS: Theremin, Computer, and Steel Rods
DIMENSIONS: 18" x 18" x 12"
DATE: 2003

DESCRIPTION
Sound installation work presents many interesting problems in its execution. First, there is the problem of what defines installation work and makes it different from a performed work. Then there comes the problem of pre-recorded sound work or interactive work. That is where the theremin comes in. The general nature of the theremin- an electronic instrument that acutely shows a relation to physical movement and sound- makes it an ideal solution to the problem of interactivity versus pre-recorded sound work. By combining the natural abilities of the theremin with the capacity for real time manipulation of samples and electronic synthesis of Max/MSP computer software, the work becomes able to involve the whole space by inviting people to walk through the entire space, with their proximity to the two steel rods changing the processing of the sounds as the movements occur.

STATEMENT
S. Lyn Goeringer is a composer, sound artist and musician. She has presented works in Boston, Massachusetts, at Deep Listening Space in Kingston, New York, Providence, Rhode Island, and Paris, France.

CONTACT
S. Lyn Goeringer
Seattle, WA