The Handphone Table

The Handphone Table, made by Laurie Anderson in 1978, is part of the collection of Lyon's Museum of Contemporary Art , posted by Pasta and Vinegar in 2005 - something I missed at the time. [via we-make-money-not-art.com]

When the listeners put their elbows on the table and cover their ears with hands, they can hear the sounds coming through wood and bones of their own arms which, similarly to wood, have a porous structure.The principle of the performance of Handphone Table bases on the conduction of sound through bones.

Stereophonic music in low ranges is strengthened and processed to the form of impulses, spread through metal bars connecting with four points on the inner surface of the table top."

emily | 8:58 AM | SMS Arts and Activism |
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