Performance, 2001 (15m approx)
Two speakers are placed upright on the floor covered by a large sheet of clear perspex, two contact microphones rest on top and create a constant feedback loop that vibrates sound through the Perspex. By standing on top and slowly moving my body the pressure and amount of contact is altered which changes the quality of the sound. At the time I had become interested in what made a musical performance, what were the tools of music making and what were the definitions of improvisation. I found myself taking away and stripping down the set until I was left with the speaker and microphone and the sounds they make (feedback). My movements are dictated by the sounds, it becomes a chasing game in which I find a sound I like and try to maintain it. The work plays with the unwanted feedback and uses it at the heart of the piece, trying to control and manipulate it.
