Formants

Erin Gee - Formants - Image courtesy of InterAccess Gallery

Formants

(2008)

Fiberglass, plexiglas, hair, copper, wood, electronics

20” x 49” x 27.5”

Formants is an interactive audio sculpture featuring the heads of two female figures that sing when their hair is brushed: a musing on desire, vanity, absent bodies, morality, intimacy and touch.

Credits

  • (version 1) Pure Data Programming: Michael Brooks
  • (version 2) Electronics technician and programmer: Martin Peach
  • Vocalists: Lynn Channing and Christina Willatt
  • Made with the support of Soil Digital Media Suite