Sound recording made with a Wilcox-Gay ‘Recordio’ 1C10 portable tape and disc recorder (ca. 1950). The recording, made by sound artist Aleksander Kolkowski, is a homage to Alvin Lucier’s seminal electro-acoustic composition “I am Sitting in a Room” (1969).
The Stentorphone was developed between 1910 and 1920 by Harry Alfred Gaydon. Stentor was a character in Greek mythology who had a very loud voice. The difference between…
Media-archaeological experiments with 'Improved Phantasmagoria Lanterns' (1820-1880). Video documentation of a series of historical re-enactments, performed by Karin Bienek and Ludwig Vogl-Bienek, illuminago, Frankfurt am Main, 2020.
