Previous to this lecture I had little knowledge on D.I.Y electronics, but it has been something that has always piqued my interest as it would be a great skill to have so I can apply it to my work as an artist. In this lecture, we were given a 9v battery, crocodile clips, breadboards, and loudspeakers. I will focus on my work with the loudspeakers. We were given loudspeakers in numerous sizes which affects the sound when manipulated with 2 paperclips placed on top of the loudspeaker. Here is a clip below of my classmate Rysia Kaczmar creating some speaker noise.
If you manage to get the paperclips positioned correctly the speaker will start playing harsh feedback sounds to you which can be changed by moving the paperclips. You can also change the sound by putting materials on top of the speaker e.g. sand. As an artist that works heavily in noise, I found this fascinating and something I am very keen to do in the future. This could be used in a live improvisational set-up. Since if you use different size loudspeakers you get different tones and feedback, if you used different speakers in performance it could be very interesting, especially if mic’d up to an fx unit, turning this into a musique concrete, noise performance.