sonic maze pinball
1986 “You don’t keep score, you play the score” miniature percussion orchestra activated by pinballs movement. Objects included phone bells, xylophones, graters and spinners. Commissioned by David Bermant and the proceeds funded our seminal first trip around d the globe.
sonic miniature golf
1984 9 hole miniature golf course at Art Awareness Gallery Lexington New York. Balls roll down percussive surfaces before activating xylophones and striking bells.
wave magnet
1992 Thread Waxing Space, New York CityRadio compositions heard on FM headset receivers as the participant moves around a shortwave radio. Sounds are individually triggered by motion sensors and stored on a computer-controlled digital sampler.
sonarium
1991 Grand Rapids, Michigan and Linz, AustriaPortable touring installation using a rotating shadow wheel, infrared detectors and computerized electronics which creates sonic pathways that can be explored by the participant.
antenna king
1990 PS 122 and Parsons Gallery in New York City Anthropomorphic sound Installation for a performance collaboration with David Van Tieghem at Ps 122 in New York City. Based on Ranger space flights mapping the dark side of the moon. with David van tieghem
sound engine
1989 Cincinnati Contemporary Arts CenterInstallation of sculptural configurations of parabolic dishes and cones as sound stations with speakers. The sonic compositions are digitized sounds triggered by motion detectors and are comprised of electronic constructions in combination with a collage of environments from around the works. The work interacts with the viewer and with the space in which it is installed by reflecting its sonic qualities.
clockworks
1988 Interactive ball game with sampled sounds at Staten Island Childrens Museum and Citicorp Center. Wooden balls dropped through a series of triggers that created sounds. Different surfaces were used under the balls path for percussive effects.
sInger songs
1981 Electronic work using treadle sewing machine, propeller, shortwave crystal radio and strings on a dreidel. Moving the treadle activated sounds of clattering Mexican trains and wind harp recordings.
boneworks
sculptural instruments played in an ensemble from 1976 to 1982. all instruments were exhibited in the seminal show. “musical instruments and their makers” at the American craft museum 1981. It premiered at Theater in the Round, Minneapolis Minnesota 1976, and subsequently the Kitchen and La Mama NYC
plurac berimbau
elk cello
elk harp
turtle drums and flying beaver turtle rattles
gourd marimba
bamboozle
flying horse
10′ berimbau
fabric organ sculptures (with gail turner) 1978
big foot sculpture (with Barbara Roan) 1978
wound white / wound tight solo exhibition minneapolis 1973