Created and designed by Madeline Flynn, Tim Humphrey and Jesse Stevens.
The Megaphone Project is a free-standing and portable sound and visual installation with flexible, interactive and changeable sound content.
A field of red megaphones on simple stands recall an iconography of historical sound diffusion and reinforcement, while inviting physical and emotional responses from those who encounter it.
To facilitate a distributed and portable fullduplex sound network, we have incorporated PDa (PureDataAnywhere), running on HP hx4700/h5500 PDA’s and Gumstix computers that are mounted underneath each megaphone. This enables a stable network of portable devices capable of interlinking the entire field.
The Megaphone Project
Created and designed by Madeline Flynn, Tim Humphrey and Jesse Stevens.
The Megaphone Project is a free-standing and portable sound and visual installation with flexible, interactive and changeable sound content.
A field of red megaphones on simple stands recall an iconography of historical sound diffusion and reinforcement, while inviting physical and emotional responses from those who encounter it.
To facilitate a distributed and portable fullduplex sound network, we have incorporated PDa (PureDataAnywhere), running on HP hx4700/h5500 PDA’s and Gumstix computers that are mounted underneath each megaphone. This enables a stable network of portable devices capable of interlinking the entire field.
Jesse presented a paper at LAC2008 entitled “Distributed wireless duplex audio networks in a traveling art work: the Megaphone Project” which was written in partnership with Dr Tim Humphrey and Madeleine Flynn about their joint research into a solution for the technology in the Megaphone Project.
Installation Sites:
- FINA Cultural Festival Melbourne, March 2007
- Awesome Arts Festival Perth, November 2007
- Australian Performing Arts Market Adelaide, February 2008
- Live Sites Festival Newcastle, March 2008
- Out Of The Box Festival State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, June-July 2008
- Sydney Children’s Festival Carriageworks October 2008
- Sydney Opera House Forecourt January 2009
- Womadelaide Adelaide, March 2009
- Victorian Regional Tour March – May 2009
- Darwin Festival August 2009
- Brisbane Festival September 2009
- Festival of the Voices The Rocks, Sydney, January 26 2010
- MusicPlay – Melbourne Recital Centre, 19-21 Jan 2011
- Big West Festival Little Bites – Footscray Railway Station Overpass, Saturday 19 February 2011
- Sunshine’s 150th Anniversary Family Day- Kevin Wheelahan Gardens, 20 February 2011