VAN DER HEIDE, EDWIN — Wavescape
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Edwin van der Heide macht Rotterdams Unterwasserwelt hörbar! Vorbeifahrende Fähren, grosse Containerschiffe & kleine Wassertaxis die sich im Rotterdamer Hafen tummeln bilden die faszinierenden Details in dieser wasser-rauschigen submarinen Landschaft... Turbinen-Sounds, dumpfe Anschlagen & Vibrieren von Wellen, elektrisches Summen...20 minutes of submarinic sonic bliss.
“ From the linernotes: Wavesacpe is a soundinstallation inspired by the sound of underwater environments. I was approached by CELL Iniators of incidents to make a contribution to their Homeport project focusing on Rotterdam as a harbour city. Homeport was part of Rotterdam Cultural Capital of Europe 2001. There are many boats traversing Rotterdam on the Nieuwe Maas going inwards Europe and back. One of the beautiful locations to experience this within the city is the Wilhelmina Kade. I became fascinated by the fact that the boats pass by with almost no audible sound. In the past I had been doing some experiments with underwater sound and I became interested in researching the sounds which boats produce. Wavescape is an installation which makes the underwater sound audible at the waterside. The goal was not to just make the sound from underwater acoustically audible but also to translate the underwater space into a perceivable acoustic space. I've been reseraching acoustic and electronic wave front recording, synthesis and reproduction with the installations 'a World beyond the Loud-speaker' and 'Impuls #6'. These installations use a surface of forty independent loudspeakers. Wavescape is using the wavefront technique as well but in the shape of a line array. Twenty-four hydrophones (underwater microphones) are placed over a horizontal line in the water along the waterside. Each hydrophone is connected to its own amplifier and speaker. There are twenty-four speakers placed in a line on the waterside. Together the 24 speakers make an acoustic reproduction of the spatial shape of the waves from the underwater sound. This creates a live reproduction of the underwater sound space. The result is very preceivable and almost touchable. From the waterside you listen into the underwater space. You hear an incredible depth and width. The speed of sound underwater is about four and half times faster then the speed of sound through the air. The sound underwater reaches you gaster than the pure acoustic sound. This creates a possibility for interesting interferences between both of them. Wavescape establishes the sound which belongs to the view of the passing boats.” [press release]
“ From the linernotes: Wavesacpe is a soundinstallation inspired by the sound of underwater environments. I was approached by CELL Iniators of incidents to make a contribution to their Homeport project focusing on Rotterdam as a harbour city. Homeport was part of Rotterdam Cultural Capital of Europe 2001. There are many boats traversing Rotterdam on the Nieuwe Maas going inwards Europe and back. One of the beautiful locations to experience this within the city is the Wilhelmina Kade. I became fascinated by the fact that the boats pass by with almost no audible sound. In the past I had been doing some experiments with underwater sound and I became interested in researching the sounds which boats produce. Wavescape is an installation which makes the underwater sound audible at the waterside. The goal was not to just make the sound from underwater acoustically audible but also to translate the underwater space into a perceivable acoustic space. I've been reseraching acoustic and electronic wave front recording, synthesis and reproduction with the installations 'a World beyond the Loud-speaker' and 'Impuls #6'. These installations use a surface of forty independent loudspeakers. Wavescape is using the wavefront technique as well but in the shape of a line array. Twenty-four hydrophones (underwater microphones) are placed over a horizontal line in the water along the waterside. Each hydrophone is connected to its own amplifier and speaker. There are twenty-four speakers placed in a line on the waterside. Together the 24 speakers make an acoustic reproduction of the spatial shape of the waves from the underwater sound. This creates a live reproduction of the underwater sound space. The result is very preceivable and almost touchable. From the waterside you listen into the underwater space. You hear an incredible depth and width. The speed of sound underwater is about four and half times faster then the speed of sound through the air. The sound underwater reaches you gaster than the pure acoustic sound. This creates a possibility for interesting interferences between both of them. Wavescape establishes the sound which belongs to the view of the passing boats.” [press release]