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this installation, a set of pivoting-head fans are connected by thin
wires to contact microphones which amplify the vibrations of both the
wires and the fans. Some of the fans have their blades removed and are
replaced by audio speakers which broadcast the signals from the contact
microphones. As the fans pivot, they cause the tension on the wires
to vary, which is heard as a slowly rising and falling collection of
tones. This provides an aural image of the shifting stresses on the
physical system of the piece. The title, a combination of the words
blindfold and minefield, is an allusion to a loss of vision and the
subsequent need to watch one's step. An allegory for the process of
large- and small-scale group social dynamics, Blindfield
refers to the complex and often uneasy ways human communities are balanced
and maintained.
Installation view at the Victoria Room, San Francisco, CA (April, 1994). Mixed media, custom electronics, sound. Dimensions variable. |
