Hum (2011)
Hum is a headphone installation designed for exhibition. It is an investigation into the hidden ubiquity of the electrical supply as an enabler of all high quality sound recording, creation and manipulation. It uses 50Hz sine frequencies arranged 120 degrees of phase apart (the same as the UK electrical supply), together with field recordings of high voltage switchgear and MIG welding, amongst other electrical devices.
Designed to be heard as a non-linear presentation to be dipped into and out of, this piece examines and explores the possibility of being able to physically hear into the pipeline of the National Grid.
Hum is a headphone installation designed for exhibition. It is an investigation into the hidden ubiquity of the electrical supply as an enabler of all high quality sound recording, creation and manipulation. It uses 50Hz sine frequencies arranged 120 degrees of phase apart (the same as the UK electrical supply), together with field recordings of high voltage switchgear and MIG welding, amongst other electrical devices.
Designed to be heard as a non-linear presentation to be dipped into and out of, this piece examines and explores the possibility of being able to physically hear into the pipeline of the National Grid.
