ICC





Preface
Admission
Works




"Empty Vessels"
"East of oasis - twelve gates to sound"
"The Listening Room"
"Untitled"
"material AV - resonant interface"
"Echo Room"
"A World Beyond the Loudspeaker"
"specification.twelve"
"Belen"
"Superseat-executive"
Participating Artists
Gallery Map
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"Artists' Talk / Performance"
July 11 (Fri.)
July 12 (Sat.)
July 13 (Sun.)
August 10 (Sun.)

July 11 (Friday) - September 28 (Sunday), 2003 Gallery A, B





Works


"Empty Vessels" (ICC version)
1997
Alvin LUCIER

Photo: OOTAKA Takashi


Eight glass containers, vases, and other vessels of different shapes and sizes are arranged in a row, each on its own pedestal. Microphones are placed in the mouths of the vessels and the sounds picked up from them are sent to speakers placed on pedestals that face the vessels. The sounds from the speakers create acoustic feedback, thus creating resonances inside each vessel. The shape of each vessel, as well as the presence of people within the space, cause corresponding alterations in the sounds.