transmissions (voices of objects and skies)
STEVE RODEN
transmissions (voices of objects and skies)
Boomkat Product Review:
Originally released as a limited edition CD in 2005, 'transmissions (voices of objects and skies)' was created by Roden for Fresno Metropolitan Museum's 'Transmissions From Space' exhibition, and uses satellite recordings to harmonize with John Glenn's first broadcast from orbit.
One of Roden's most unashamedly pretty sets, 'transmissions...' was originally a sound installation, where 102 color coded tin cans hang around a dark room, with each can given a color to represent each vowel in astronaut Glenn's legendary transmission. Roden was inspired by Rimbaud's poem 'Vowels', and placed audio speakers in 64 of the cans that played back his soundtrack, that he created from amateur recordings of satellites made between the 1960s and the 1980s. Sadly, we don't get to hear it in its full eight-channel glory, but the stereo version (reworked by Roden for home listening) gives us a good idea of what it might have sounded like. As usual, Roden's restraint is remarkable - the sounds are barely recognizable, but don't lose their inherent texture. Voices occasionally mutter through the stargazing tones, and the sense of vastness, of the infinite qualities of space, is just hinted at.
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Boomkat Product Review:
Originally released as a limited edition CD in 2005, 'transmissions (voices of objects and skies)' was created by Roden for Fresno Metropolitan Museum's 'Transmissions From Space' exhibition, and uses satellite recordings to harmonize with John Glenn's first broadcast from orbit.
One of Roden's most unashamedly pretty sets, 'transmissions...' was originally a sound installation, where 102 color coded tin cans hang around a dark room, with each can given a color to represent each vowel in astronaut Glenn's legendary transmission. Roden was inspired by Rimbaud's poem 'Vowels', and placed audio speakers in 64 of the cans that played back his soundtrack, that he created from amateur recordings of satellites made between the 1960s and the 1980s. Sadly, we don't get to hear it in its full eight-channel glory, but the stereo version (reworked by Roden for home listening) gives us a good idea of what it might have sounded like. As usual, Roden's restraint is remarkable - the sounds are barely recognizable, but don't lose their inherent texture. Voices occasionally mutter through the stargazing tones, and the sense of vastness, of the infinite qualities of space, is just hinted at.
Boomkat Product Review:
Originally released as a limited edition CD in 2005, 'transmissions (voices of objects and skies)' was created by Roden for Fresno Metropolitan Museum's 'Transmissions From Space' exhibition, and uses satellite recordings to harmonize with John Glenn's first broadcast from orbit.
One of Roden's most unashamedly pretty sets, 'transmissions...' was originally a sound installation, where 102 color coded tin cans hang around a dark room, with each can given a color to represent each vowel in astronaut Glenn's legendary transmission. Roden was inspired by Rimbaud's poem 'Vowels', and placed audio speakers in 64 of the cans that played back his soundtrack, that he created from amateur recordings of satellites made between the 1960s and the 1980s. Sadly, we don't get to hear it in its full eight-channel glory, but the stereo version (reworked by Roden for home listening) gives us a good idea of what it might have sounded like. As usual, Roden's restraint is remarkable - the sounds are barely recognizable, but don't lose their inherent texture. Voices occasionally mutter through the stargazing tones, and the sense of vastness, of the infinite qualities of space, is just hinted at.
Boomkat Product Review:
Originally released as a limited edition CD in 2005, 'transmissions (voices of objects and skies)' was created by Roden for Fresno Metropolitan Museum's 'Transmissions From Space' exhibition, and uses satellite recordings to harmonize with John Glenn's first broadcast from orbit.
One of Roden's most unashamedly pretty sets, 'transmissions...' was originally a sound installation, where 102 color coded tin cans hang around a dark room, with each can given a color to represent each vowel in astronaut Glenn's legendary transmission. Roden was inspired by Rimbaud's poem 'Vowels', and placed audio speakers in 64 of the cans that played back his soundtrack, that he created from amateur recordings of satellites made between the 1960s and the 1980s. Sadly, we don't get to hear it in its full eight-channel glory, but the stereo version (reworked by Roden for home listening) gives us a good idea of what it might have sounded like. As usual, Roden's restraint is remarkable - the sounds are barely recognizable, but don't lose their inherent texture. Voices occasionally mutter through the stargazing tones, and the sense of vastness, of the infinite qualities of space, is just hinted at.
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