Realistic Utopias,” KØS Museum of Art in Public Spaces, Køge, Denmark, December 16, 2022-June 11, 2023
Installation involving 8.1 channel speaker arrangement, environmental data, light tubes, algorithmic manipulation of spatial sound
Sensory Feedback is a multi-channel sound installation composed of live recordings and data captured within Ant Farm’s “Art Building” (1972) at Antioch College. Using microphones and Raspberry Pi-operated sensors, I mapped the building’s sonic and environmental conditions—its motion, heat, humidity, and light—across a derelict yet intact architectural landmark. This structure, once emblematic of utopian ideals, becomes a resonant instrument, revealing its operational history through sound. The resulting composition is both an architectural imprint and a sonic excavation—a way of listening to presence, materiality, and entropy across time, and engaging the building as a living archive of its own frequencies.
Curated by Ulrikke Neergaard and Irene Campolmi
Max/ MSP consultant and designer: Zach Layton
AFAAB Preservation team: Liz Flyntz, Giorgia Aquilar, Tim Noble, Catalina Jordan-Alvarez, Michael Caselli, Victoria Keddie
Photo: Andrea Holmby
