PROJECT TITLE #010
acoustic laptops
FORMAT
A selection of wood boxes with various tiny objects attached; springs, stones, metal, rubber, string, needles, memorabilia - amplified by old-school contact mikes and pick-ups.
DESCRIPTION
ACOUSTIC LAPTOPS >>> PICTURES HERE CATALOG TEXT HERE VIDEOS HERE
"you are of course free to ignore any further text in this catalogue without any detriment to the core spirit of these boxes..."
Exhibition 2008 >>> 16 page colour catalogue + audio appendix as free download (mp3/.pdf) or paper version (cat/cdr)
\ \ ---\ \ from sound object\ to folk instrument\ \ open source\ toca la madera\ \ the blues are plural\ duality lasts double\ (las blues, no el blues?)\ \ teddy bear, lady of the plains\ hooker in muddy waters\ \ strumming the tunes\ in the dunes\ \ ----\ \
DOCUMENTED
LIST OF ACOUSTIC LAPTOPS >>>
U-V]
The Blues (two similar) 2009
T] Palmbook 2009
S] The Ace 2009
R] La Naturaleza 2008 - owned by dieanderebaustelle studio
Q] La Esperanza 2008 - owned by Arne Thomassen
P] Reforma 2008
L-O]
iFOLK (four similar) 2008 - owned by Hovinbøle, Larsen,
Hovde Andersen/Brastad
K] Woodtop 2007 - owned by Rinus Van Alebeek
J] Te Quiero 2007 - owned by Kasper Rynning-Tønnesen
H-I] ecco & occe (two similar) 2004 - owned by Jonas Qvale
and Jørn Egseth
G] koh-i-noor 2003 - owned by "Noppa"
F] c.o.d.e b.r.e.a.k.e.r 2003 - destroyed
E] Punkedup (bjorklund final version) 2008 - owned by
Iván Telefunken
D] Bjorklund (revisited) 2006
C] Bjorklund Original 2002
B] Crunchtop (pre) - owned by Tor "Torsken"
Breivik
A] Booktop (pre) - destroyed after Neumann/Krebs support concert
LIST OF ACOUSTIC LAPTOP RECORDINGS 2008+ >>>
G
reforma - boe private session (san fernando)
F la esperanza/reforma - spontanous patterson/boe duo (oslo)
E
iFOLK - løberg/qvale/boe/wjiik opening quartet (oslo)
D
la esperanza/iFOLK - boe/løberg + løberg/boe quartet test
(san fernando)
C la esperanza/iFOLK - boe/løberg + løberg trio test
(san fernando)
B la esperanza/iFOLK - boe/løberg duo test (san fernando)
A la esperanza - boe solo test (san fernando)
F-G >
released as mp3 EP/cdr
A-D > released as cdr/mp3 with the catalogue
X the audience playing: Isaias, César with Iván via phone in Reus (used as soundtrack for or_/furiusvaka video), intense children in Gratallops (see video), plus london, nijmegen and brussels (.MO# project 02-04)
hyperlinks; source codes; inspiration (googling encouraged)
some
other kinda' instrument-makers;
amanda
steggell A72 | anders elsås | andrea neumann | arcane device | audun
eriksen | derek holzer | ellen fullman | einstürzende neubauten A185
| eric cordier | fm einheit | golden earring | hornorkesteret | hubert
napiórski | hugh davies | johannes bergmark A213 | julius | ka
| kapotte muziek A257 | logos foundation | luigi russolo | mis niños
| notorische reflexe | rolf wallin | saga | terje isungset | tippy agogo
| tremulators | z'ev
noteable
musical and conceptual lingos;
adolf wölfli | AIA | arne nordheim | bob dylan A43 | dada | electro-acoustic
| flamenco | fluxus | glitsch | hermann nitsch | john cage | kurt schwitters
A96 | luigi nono | merz | microsound | morton feldman | musica povera/arte
povera | neo-dada | new silence | nurse with wound | rünzelstirn
& gurgelstock | survival research lab | tabletop performance | tachism
| the haters