Portfolio 2023 /The Phone Orchestra

in 2022 using USB Phones, TouchDesigner

This small, closed network results in a self-oscillating orchestra. The phones are interconnected. One microphone is connected to another phone's speaker and vice versa. The microphone's input is transformed into a frequency and blasted through the room via the phone's onboard speaker. Ofcourse, this sound is picked up by another microphone again, and, depending on the distance between the devices, a feedback loop is created and the self-repeating orchestra starts to play.

Due to financial limitations, the Orchestra has limited seating. Only 7 participants are able to perform together. In the future, this can, in theory, be scaled up to 52 phones.