14 x 6 x 12 in.
Stoneware, Glaze, Hardware, Aluminum, Decal, Electronic Components, Tea
2017
Stoneware, Glaze, Hardware, Aluminum, Decal, Electronic Components, Tea
2017
A hybrid sound sculpture that fuses analog synthesis and gas-fired ceramic. It is both a generator of sound and a steeper of tea. The hand-made aluminum faceplate acts as the interface to the embedded circuitry with knobs, switches, and patch points.
This synthesis of craft and circuitry extends my ongoing inquiry into how sound and material co-compose systems of perception. The teapot, ordinarily used as a tool of hospitality, now brings sonic improvisation to domestic rituals.
The work celebrates the lineage of DIY and DIT (Do-It-Together) synthesizer culture. It is a practice of where knowledge is posted and shared communally, and instruments are built and refined with personal experimentation. It is dedicated to the open source ethos of Ray Wilson’s website Music From Outer Space, a resource that bucks the idea that technology should be opaque, corporate, or unfixable. Instead, these musical tools can be user-fixable and handmade.
The STP 1000 has been featured on the podcast Tea and Jam (a collaborative broadcast with Special Special NY and Montez Press Radio) and in the ceramic-centric concert series Sonic Mud, at BKLYN Clay, Brooklyn, NY.
If you’re curious about anything Synthesizer DIY, check out the website: http://musicfromouterspace.com/
This synthesis of craft and circuitry extends my ongoing inquiry into how sound and material co-compose systems of perception. The teapot, ordinarily used as a tool of hospitality, now brings sonic improvisation to domestic rituals.
The work celebrates the lineage of DIY and DIT (Do-It-Together) synthesizer culture. It is a practice of where knowledge is posted and shared communally, and instruments are built and refined with personal experimentation. It is dedicated to the open source ethos of Ray Wilson’s website Music From Outer Space, a resource that bucks the idea that technology should be opaque, corporate, or unfixable. Instead, these musical tools can be user-fixable and handmade.
The STP 1000 has been featured on the podcast Tea and Jam (a collaborative broadcast with Special Special NY and Montez Press Radio) and in the ceramic-centric concert series Sonic Mud, at BKLYN Clay, Brooklyn, NY.
If you’re curious about anything Synthesizer DIY, check out the website: http://musicfromouterspace.com/