120 Thousand Ways to be Kept Awake Everyday research (2005) Exploring the noises made by a radiator in my bedroom. |
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Background In my dorm room there is a radiator which makes a clicking sound. It is mostly heard at quiet hours and can sometimes keep me awake during night. When my landlord refused to acknowledge the problem I decided to study the radiator in order to compile and hand in a detailed report of its clicking patterns. Measurements A piezo transducer was attached to the radiator and connected to the input of a computer sound card. After some initial recording experiments, a program was built to monitor the incoming signal and log clicks in real time. 18 days of data was collected. Finally, graphs were plotted using a custom-built program. Letter to the landlord 18 pages of graphs (one for each day) and a CD with audio samples of the radiator sounds were handed in to the landlord together with a formal letter of complaint. No answer was received. Installation Graphs, audio samples and the letter of complaint were displayed at Gallery Win-Win during the exhibition Lava, March 26-27, 2005. Mobile phone accessory You can download your custom ringtone and logo for your mobile phone with your favourite authentic radiator clicks. Audio samples from February 6th 5pm - Normal speed - Playback speed x 60 Acknowledgements Thanks to Erika Isaksson, Brian House, Ida Hallgren, Lalya Gaye and Textalk Inc. for feedback, moral support and lending of installation equipment. Mentions Neural.it MGZN |
