Join TakingITGlobal
Home Home Resources Events Sound Installations (By Jason Kahn)
Sound Installations (By Jason Kahn)
Home People Attending Event Blog Event Reviews
DetailsDetails
Start Date & Time
September 17, 2006
All day event.

End Date & Time
October 11, 2006
All day event.

Location
10 Nabrawy Street, off Champollion Street
Downtown
Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt

Event Cost
free

RSVP Info
Name: The Townhouse Gallery
Phone: (202) 576 80 86
E-mail: info@thetownhousegallery.com
Webpage: http://www.thetownhousegalle...

Categories
Culture

Tags

You must be logged in to add tags.

DetailsAbout
Sound Installations By: Jason Kahn
Opening Reception (September 17th, 2006 @ 08:00 pm)


For Kahn, sound functions as a means of exploring the environment in which his work is viewed. He uses the acoustics, light, and spatial characteristics of the installation site to create aural sculptures.

Kahn will show three/four works...

* Gläser (2005):
==============
Gläser is an eight-channel audio installation for sixteen water glasses and Piezo loudspeakers.
A loudspeaker is placed in each glass; these emit sine waves corresponding to the frequency of each glass at irregular intervals. The waves cause the glasses to vibrate and, in Kahn’s words, add “each glass’s unique resonance to the resonance of the space”.

* In Sand (2006):
===============
Kahn places grains of sand and gravel in 24 loudspeakers arranged about the exhibition space, all of which emit low frequency sine waves inaudible to the human ear. These waves cause the sand to move, which results in soft, intermittent murmurs—the sound of sand.

Kahn has also developed a work designed specifically for the Townhouse,
* The Townhouse Gallery Staircase (2006):
====================================
Sounds designed by the artist especially for the staircase play along the length of the stairwell, which therefore becomes no longer just a neglected set of stairs, but an extension of the exhibition space.


For more details about (Jason Kahn) you can check
http://jasonkahn.net/


People Attending People Attending (0)
There are currently no TIG Members attending this event. Want to attend?


DiscussDiscuss This Event
There are currently no dicussions related to this event.


Event Documents Event Documents
There are currently no documents uploaded for this event.


Event Documents Event Blogs
There are currently no blogs related to this event.


Photos Photo Album
There are currently no photos uploaded for this event.
Host Organization


The Townhouse Gallery
Since its inception in 1998 (The Townhouse Gallery) has established itself as one of the region's leading independent spaces for art, providing an extensive program of visual arts, film, theatre and music. The three-floor main building, adjoining annex, and 650-meter converted factory space,...