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Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Sonic Artefacts Introduces the Sonic Chessboard DIY Kit: Compose like John Cage!


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"Play chess and compose music, at the same time! This Sonic Chessboard is a passive Optical Octophonic Audio Panner / light sensitive "chessboard", based on the design by Lowell Cross for John Cage's and Marcel Duchamps' musical chess performance Reunion (1968). It routes 16 audio signals via the 64 light dependent resistors to 8 separate audio outputs. Cover the squares on the board with chess pieces or your hands to make sounds roll through a room and add to the spatial distribution of all the different inputs. Best to be played with a strong bright light mounted on the ceiling above the chessboard.

Limited edition DIY Kit, available at: https://sonicartefacts.com/product/so... & https://patch-point.com/collections/s...

The materials were originally made in small series for Wouter Jaspers' installative sound performance "Indeterminate Structures (2023). Big thanks to ‪@Hainbach‬ for playing chess with me and ‪@Sonoscopia‬ for the original sound installation and of course to the great folks of ‪@patchpoint4043‬ for hosting us!"

Press release follows:


Berlin, Germany – Sonic Artefacts is excited to announce the release of the Sonic Chessboard, a unique DIY musical instrument that merges the worlds of chess and sound. Inspired by Lowell Cross’ design for John Cage’s Reunion (1968), the Sonic Chessboard offers a captivating way to create spatial sound experiences.

The Sonic Chessboard is a passive Optical Octophonic Audio Panner that routes 16 audio signals via 64 light-dependent resistors embedded in the squares to 8 separate audio outputs, changing the volume when a chess piece gets moved from one square to another. By strategically placing chess pieces on the board, users can control the volume and flow of sound, creating dynamic and immersive soundscapes.

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