In the media: “Forget Steampunk”
DEMA researcher Aleks Kolkowski was interviewed by journalist Jeff Palms for Delano in the Autumn last year about his use of historical sound recording technologies.
DEMA researcher Aleks Kolkowski was interviewed by journalist Jeff Palms for Delano in the Autumn last year about his use of historical sound recording technologies.
Making and playback of a cylinder recording on the Edison 'Fireside' Phonograph (ca. 1909), demonstrated by DEMA researcher Aleksander Kolkowski at the Media Lab of the University of Luxembourg in August 2021.
Sound recording of a Gamelan Orchestra from 1938 with the HMV 2300H Portable Disc Recorder.
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…
First tests of an original Stentorphone sounbox which had not been used in over 100 years. The aim of these tests is to compare the performance and the sound quality between the original and the polymer replica.
A report of the second international workshop of the DEMA project, held online on 18 December 2020. For this workshop, participants from various fields, including media history, art history, musicology, history of science, sensorial ethnography, contemporary composition and sound art were invited to share experiences on how to perform historical re-enactments and how experimental research can serve or operate in artistic practice.
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).
Re-enactment of making a sound postcard recording with the Cartavox, recorded by Aleksander Kolkowski in the Contemporary History Lab, Esch-sur-Alzette, October 2020.
A report of the first international workshop that was organized within the DEMA project, held at the C2DH on 17-18 December 2019. For this workshop, specialists from the fields of media history, art history and the history of science were invited to share best practices and experiences in documenting hands-on and experimental research.
A hands-on workshop and demonstration of direct-to-disc recording on lacquer and vinyl discs, using C²DH’s newly restored disc-recording apparatus from 1948 – the HMV 2300H.