​​​​Schalldose series of sound objects, tin can, piezo loudspeaker, sandpaper, mp3 player, 7 minutes· 2021/22

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Schalldose is built on the idea of an acoustic equivalent to a postcard, and on the medieval notion of imprisoning sounds inside vessels. The composition plays from a piezo loudspeaker hidden under the false bottom of a tin can. It uses field recordings made around St. Georgen in the Black Forest in winter, together with clocks and mechanical sounds from the historical music players at the Deutsches Phonomuseum.

The recordings appear both untouched and manipulated. All manipulation is analogue: the sounds are played through prepared tin can telephones and re-recorded, which filters them. The threads used — nylon, copper, brass, aluminium — came out of a long series of tests on how each material accentuates or attenuates particular frequency ranges.

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Made during a residency at Kunstverein Global Forest, St. Georgen, winter 2021.

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Shown at Vogelklang Soundcamp, St. Georgen, 30.04. - 01.05.2022

puzzelink_evidenz, Galerie M6, Hamburg, 01.–31.08.2023

Permanent: Kunstverein Global Forest, St. Georgen (Jahresgabe) ​

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https://global-forest.com/jahresgaben/jahresgabe-felix-mayer

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