Jeremy Keenan: Ear to Mouth II

Title:

Ear to Mouth II

Artist(s) and People Involved:

Creation Year:

2015

Medium:

Kinetic, generative sound installation

Artist Statement:

Ear to Mouth II is a kinetic, generative sound installation using a moving speaker, four modified microphones, and processed speaker feedback. The amplitude of feedback influences the subsequent movement of the speaker, which creates further changes in the patterns of feedback. The piece is part of a series initiated with an interest in remote signals, such as mobile networks, and how they affect the movement of human bodies in physical space. The pervasive multitude of distant signals appears to be an invisible process, but has a tangible influence on the domain of the flesh.