Born in Washington, DC. Lives and works in Baitz and Berlin/Germany. Since 1990 director and founder of a Berlin-based art group called Die Audio Gruppe. Mostly known for incorporating loudspeakers into clothes, like ballerina tutus (AUDIO BALLERINAS), I also create large interactive sound sculptures made with hundreds of recycled speakers. Found in public places, these electroacoustic sculptures have taken on various shapes like a temple, a gate and a wall.
Some examples: created for the Sound as a Medium of Art exhibition in Germany, TEMPLE was made with 3,000 recycled loudspeakers and assorted electronic parts, recycled amplifiers, radios/tuners, and one mixing board. Soldered together, this impressive public sound speaker was inspired by the Greek temple at Delphi.
For SPEAKERS GATE I was inspired by a gateway of a local medieval fortress. It was made with 350 recycled loudspeakers and electronics. Finally, for Speakers Wall I incorporated an actual piece of the Berlin Wall into a sculpture that was used also as a DJ PA system.
All of these sculptures actually produce their own sound. For example, with TEMPLE, visitors hear white noise (not loud : just as a kind of "heartbeat") from radio receivers as well as people's voices. The public is encouraged to interact with the installation. For three minutes they can call a special, designated phone number to hear their voices booming through the thousands of speakers. In more recent sculptures (see GATEWAY) using Bluetooth receiver technology the spectators can play their own music from their smartphones and laptops through the sculpture.