Sound Lathe workshop

We will create an unique installed durational performance in the form of a furniture workshop. Using our unique hand-crafted technological tools, we will make dynamic audio through chopping, sawing and lathing.

The Sound Lathe produces audio data, saw dust, noise and wood chippings. With this human powered machine, turned spindles are shaped into complex sounds such as tones, glitches and beats. Unlike many electronic instruments, the Sound Lathe produces a unique wooden object at the end of each performance. This object serves as a memory of the performance, slightly faulty and incomplete as it represents the conclusion rather than an accurate recording of the process.

Using the Sound Lathe and other unique hand-crafted technologies, we propose to use local wood to create a “self-build furniture pack”, complete with Ikea style graphic instructions and archival audio CD's.
We question the mythical technotopian dream represented by flat-pack furniture

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