On January 22, 2011, The Columbus Idea Foundry will hold its official reopening at its new location. Andrew Rahman, myself, and a few others are devising an audio performance for the event, utilizing both predetermined and live sonic properties that occur in a fabrication shop. The event will be recorded, then that recording transferred to a container housing an mp3 player. The sole function of the container is to play the audio event when accessed.
On Wednesday Nov 24, Andrew and I had uninterrupted access to CIF for about four hours. We ran a bunch of power tools and hit all of the steel shelves with wood blocks. I'm not sure if Andrew recorded any of this, but I rolled a Tascam 488 with a Shure PG-81 to tracks 1-2. Have to dump it down from cassette.
The nonsense gave us two tangible pieces at days end. The first was an attachment to a drill that spins wooden blocks, the second was a thumb piano cut on the ShopBot.
More to come as this project unfolds.
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