Lost, but not lost forever

<lost, but not lost forever> is a sound performance that uses old media devices to create new soundscapes. A sewing machine is the central piece. Piezo microphones are positioned on its surface to detect the vibrations and transform them in audible waves. In addition, to cassette players that are continuously playing cassette tape loops, radios are also added to play random AM frequencies and create a depth to the sound. A light sensor from a Signum device is used to create the principal beat and the bass. The work asks a question about life expectancy of a media. “Is there a media that never died?” “What’s the new media that is going to conquer the world?”

Monica Vlad creates new sound by changing functions of old media equipment and daily objects. ‘Contradictory sound landscape’ that she creates opens new infinite possibilities of noise genre by utilizing the complete opposite genre. Visual image combined with sound provides audience with new immersive experience.