Image List 1-23 for Dan Senn

Image List 1-23 for Dan Senn .

Image 01

Surface Penduling

Detail from a pendulum instrument designed to attach to walls, ceilings and floors. Two of these, aka "Surflings," were installed as part of "Surface to Air" at "Location One" in New York City (2005), at Osrodek Sztuki, Lublin, Poland in 2006, as part of the "Usufruct" show at the Miller Fine Arts Center at Linnfield College (2007), and then in Poznan, Poland as presented in the next image. The instrument operates on sub-audio pulses rising from 0-11 cycles/second over a 20 minute period, repetitively.

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Image 02

Uncovered States

An auto-playing installation of kinetic sculptural instruments as shown at an exhibition in Poznan, Poland in March 2006 at Galerie AT. Includes 2 surflings, 2 tube rattles, and 4 corn rattles (see video).

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Image 03

Many Pairs Sounding

An installation of sixteen micro-tuned tubes with paper mallet tops driven by sub-audio tones (see video). Developed in Prague for an installation titled "The Odradek Complex," this installation uses 8 pairs of Tube Tops to create a choir of intertwined overtones which continuously make and remake the sonic landscape. It was first presented at the Portland Art Center in January, 2007, and then at Montserrat Gallery in Beverly, MA (see brochure) in 2008 (see video).

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Image 04

Over'ling (permanent)

A kinetic sound sculpture located in the Bromiliad Room at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle. The piece runs on sub-audio tones daily performing a 12 hour composition. The resonators consist of found metal objects and piano wire which are alternatively struck by small pine dowels.

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Image 05

Over'ling (detail)
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Image 06

Huffa Puffa

An installation of kinetic sound sculpture positioned in the Change Room of the old Mayrau Coal Mine (now a museum) in Kladno, the Czech Republic in 2007-2008. Consists of 8 plastic bags inflated and deflated using a sonic score of sub-audible frequencies accompanied by the sound of the human breath. Woofers in the 4-31hz range are used inflate 20 kilo bags which rise and fall, grow taut and sag, like the gasping-resting lungs of a Czech miner.

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  Image 07

Huffa Puffa
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  Image 08

Huffa Puffa
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  Image 09

A Lift, Lilt with Traffic

An installation of 8 inflatable sound sculptures as seen at the Autzen Gallery at Portland State University In January-February of 2008. Developed from the installation Huffa Puffa, it uses 8 airbags placed atop 8 microtuned columnar pumps which are activated using sub-audio frequencies. Percussive helicopter sounds are heard as the columns are oscillated (pumped) in the low frequency range. The bags rise and fall continuously as they inflate and deflate in a sonic environment of clicking, breathing, whistling and Portland traffic (see video).

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  Image 10

Vertical Pendulyre II

Uses pine beaters set in motion by sub-audio pulses received from speaker-pumps located beneath the instrument. The beaters, or pendulums, are balanced to effect specific rhythmic patterns when striking adjacent pitch lines (nylon line) which are tuned and amplified by threaded piezo microphones. The instrument is controlled using an audio CD containing sub-audio pulse patterns along with audible sounds heard within a stereo field. The instrument is also designed for a 13-inch video monitor to be positioned within the opening in the back.

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Image 11

Vertical Penduling, drawing (permanent)

This kinetic sound sculpture, 8'x8'x2', is located in the main foyer of the University of Washington at Tacoma where it has been positioned since 1998. The work consists of 12 micro-tuned bells, piano wire (forever tuned by spring tension) and pendulum mallets which are controlled by sub-audio pulses. Patrons may select 5 algorithmic compositions to perform the work.

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Image 12

Vertical Penduling
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Vertical Penduling
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Image 14

Vertical Penduling
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Image 15

Vertical Penduling
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Image 16

Too Lips

A collection of small fluttering sculptural instruments at the Walter's Cultural Art Center in Hillsboro, OR, in 2007. Made from found metal resonators, 3/16-inch threaded rod and washers. Instruments are played by releasing washers (moths) which cascade (flutter) downward over threaded rod. The sounds generated by the fluttering moths are colored by the found metal resonators on either end. These are presented in standing installations and as part of audience participation pieces in live performances.

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Image 17

Sound Garden (permanent)

Read explanation given in image.

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Image 18

Water-driven Canopy Lyre

An installation located above the Sound Garden at Point Defiance in Tacoma, WA, in 1997. Pendulums are moved by nylon lines attached to bobbers located in the fast running brook below. The work was strung beneath large trees at the perimeter of the garden and constructed from found metal resonators, piano wire, and wooden dowels (see video).

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Image 19

Water-driven Canopy Lyre
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  Image 20

Fenced Penduling with Pigs aSnortin'
This humorous work was positioned in the foyer of the Hillsboro Civic Center in 2007 and consisted of a Simple Penduling atop a platform sorrounded by a wire fence and shredded paper. Sounds were produced by small wooden pendulums rocking between found resonators and a web of stainless steel piano wire. The pendulums were put in motion by sub-audio pitches, 0-11 cycles per second, which were recorded on a digital device and then transferred to pendulum-lines via modified audio speakers. Accompanying the percussive tones were the sound of pigs snorting and grunting as recorded at a local Hillsboro farm. click image to enlarge

  Image 21

Catacomb Memories

An installation of 24 micro tuned paper drums, 40 channels of talking paper, and projected video. The work was commission for the biannual Paper Festival at the Loepold Hoesch Museum, 1998, in Düren, Germany where it won the first prize among the many works presented from artists across Europe. The piece was derived from materials gathered for a 1995 cave exhibition in rural southeastern Minnesota called "The Catacombs of Yucatan Sound and Video Installation." After Düren, the work was shown at the University of Arizona and then in New York City at Diapason (see video).

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  Image 22

Twelve Huffa Birds, Headless

See explanantion for image 23 below.

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Image 23

Twelve Huffa Birds, Headless

(in Czech, Dvanáct bláznivych ptákü)

An installation of 12 inflatable, flapping sound sculptures made for the House of Art in Opava, Czech Republic where it was on exhibit in April-May of 2008. Suspended throughout the exhibition space, the birds flutter, flap, expand and contract in a sonic environment of stereophonic bell rings, scrapes, street preaching and Portland traffic (see video).

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Image 01 Surface Penduling		Detail from a pendulum instrument designed to attach to walls, ceilings and floors. Two of these, aka "Surflings," were installed as part of "Surface to Air" at "Location One" in New York City (2005), at Osrodek Sztuki, Lublin, Poland in 2006, as part of the "Usufruct" show at the Miller Fine Arts Center at Linnfield College (2007), and then in Poznan, Poland as presented in the next image. The instrument operates on sub-audio pulses rising from 0-11 cycles/second over a 20 minute period, repetitively. click image to enlarge
Image 02 Uncovered States		An auto-playing installation of kinetic sculptural instruments as shown at an exhibition in Poznan, Poland in March 2006 at Galerie AT. Includes 2 surflings, 2 tube rattles, and 4 corn rattles (see video). click image to enlarge
Image 03 Many Pairs Sounding		An installation of sixteen micro-tuned tubes with paper mallet tops driven by sub-audio tones (see video). Developed in Prague for an installation titled "The Odradek Complex," this installation uses 8 pairs of Tube Tops to create a choir of intertwined overtones which continuously make and remake the sonic landscape. It was first presented at the Portland Art Center in January, 2007, and then at Montserrat Gallery in Beverly, MA (see brochure) in 2008 (see video). click image to enlarge
Image 04 Over'ling (permanent)		A kinetic sound sculpture located in the Bromiliad Room at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle. The piece runs on sub-audio tones daily performing a 12 hour composition. The resonators consist of found metal objects and piano wire which are alternatively struck by small pine dowels. click image to enlarge
Image 05 Over'ling (detail)		click image to enlarge
Image 06 Huffa Puffa		An installation of kinetic sound sculpture positioned in the Change Room of the old Mayrau Coal Mine (now a museum) in Kladno, the Czech Republic in 2007-2008. Consists of 8 plastic bags inflated and deflated using a sonic score of sub-audible frequencies accompanied by the sound of the human breath. Woofers in the 4-31hz range are used inflate 20 kilo bags which rise and fall, grow taut and sag, like the gasping-resting lungs of a Czech miner. click image to enlarge
Image 07 Huffa Puffa		click image to enlarge
Image 08 Huffa Puffa		click image to enlarge
Image 09 A Lift, Lilt *with Traffic*		An installation of 8 inflatable sound sculptures as seen at the Autzen Gallery at Portland State University In January-February of 2008. Developed from the installation Huffa Puffa, it uses 8 airbags placed atop 8 microtuned columnar pumps which are activated using sub-audio frequencies. Percussive helicopter sounds are heard as the columns are oscillated (pumped) in the low frequency range. The bags rise and fall continuously as they inflate and deflate in a sonic environment of clicking, breathing, whistling and Portland traffic (see video). click image to enlarge
Image 10 Vertical Pendulyre II		Uses pine beaters set in motion by sub-audio pulses received from speaker-pumps located beneath the instrument. The beaters, or pendulums, are balanced to effect specific rhythmic patterns when striking adjacent pitch lines (nylon line) which are tuned and amplified by threaded piezo microphones. The instrument is controlled using an audio CD containing sub-audio pulse patterns along with audible sounds heard within a stereo field. The instrument is also designed for a 13-inch video monitor to be positioned within the opening in the back. click image to enlarge
Image 11 Vertical Penduling, *drawing* (permanent)		This kinetic sound sculpture, 8'x8'x2', is located in the main foyer of the University of Washington at Tacoma where it has been positioned since 1998. The work consists of 12 micro-tuned bells, piano wire (forever tuned by spring tension) and pendulum mallets which are controlled by sub-audio pulses. Patrons may select 5 algorithmic compositions to perform the work. click image to enlarge
Image 12 Vertical Penduling		click image to enlarge
Image 13 Vertical Penduling		click image to enlarge
Image 14 Vertical Penduling		click image to enlarge
Image 15 Vertical Penduling		click image to enlarge
Image 16 Too Lips		A collection of small fluttering sculptural instruments at the Walter's Cultural Art Center in Hillsboro, OR, in 2007. Made from found metal resonators, 3/16-inch threaded rod and washers. Instruments are played by releasing washers (moths) which cascade (flutter) downward over threaded rod. The sounds generated by the fluttering moths are colored by the found metal resonators on either end. These are presented in standing installations and as part of audience participation pieces in live performances. click image to enlarge
Image 17 Sound Garden (permanent)		Read explanation given in image. click image to enlarge
Image 18 Water-driven Canopy Lyre		An installation located above the Sound Garden at Point Defiance in Tacoma, WA, in 1997. Pendulums are moved by nylon lines attached to bobbers located in the fast running brook below. The work was strung beneath large trees at the perimeter of the garden and constructed from found metal resonators, piano wire, and wooden dowels (see video). click image to enlarge
Image 19 Water-driven Canopy Lyre		click image to enlarge
Image 20 Fenced Penduling *with Pigs* *aSnortin'*		This humorous work was positioned in the foyer of the Hillsboro Civic Center in 2007 and consisted of a Simple Penduling atop a platform sorrounded by a wire fence and shredded paper. Sounds were produced by small wooden pendulums rocking between found resonators and a web of stainless steel piano wire. The pendulums were put in motion by sub-audio pitches, 0-11 cycles per second, which were recorded on a digital device and then transferred to pendulum-lines via modified audio speakers. Accompanying the percussive tones were the sound of pigs snorting and grunting as recorded at a local Hillsboro farm. click image to enlarge
Image 21 Catacomb Memories		An installation of 24 micro tuned paper drums, 40 channels of talking paper, and projected video. The work was commission for the biannual Paper Festival at the Loepold Hoesch Museum, 1998, in Düren, Germany where it won the first prize among the many works presented from artists across Europe. The piece was derived from materials gathered for a 1995 cave exhibition in rural southeastern Minnesota called "The Catacombs of Yucatan Sound and Video Installation." After Düren, the work was shown at the University of Arizona and then in New York City at Diapason (see video). click image to enlarge
Image 22 Twelve Huffa Birds, Headless		See explanantion for image 23 below. click image to enlarge
Image 23 Twelve Huffa Birds, Headless (in Czech, Dvanáct bláznivych ptákü)		An installation of 12 inflatable, flapping sound sculptures made for the House of Art in Opava, Czech Republic where it was on exhibit in April-May of 2008. Suspended throughout the exhibition space, the birds flutter, flap, expand and contract in a sonic environment of stereophonic bell rings, scrapes, street preaching and Portland traffic (see video). click image to enlarge
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