Based on the previous work Resonance of Sound (Grič Tunnel, Zagreb, 2021), artistic project The Resonance of the Amphitheater’s Sound (Youth Center, Split, 2024), with its technical and conceptual characteristics references the works of one of the most significant experimental music composers, Alvin Lucier — Music on a Long Thin Wire (1977) and I Am Sitting in a Room (1969/1970).
This immersive sound composition emerged from recordings of improvised performances in collaboration with invited musicians (Hrvoje Pelicarić, Jeronim Jandrić, Gildo Bavčević, and Rob Mazurek) on a multichannel spatial sound installation in the amphitheater of Youth Center in Split in 2024. On the amphitheater stage, 12 speakers are arranged in a circle, accompanied by 2 subwoofers. A 52-meter-long wire stretches across the entire space. This wire, acting as an instrument, is excited by an electromagnet that transmits the sum of sounds from the 14-channel installation. Using pickup and piezo microphones, the sound feedback from the wire is transmitted to the SuperCollider software, where it undergoes further manipulation and distribution across the 12.2 speaker system.
The monumental amphitheater space, with its specific acoustic properties, becomes a resonant instrument in which the work is realized. An additional microphone is placed in the space as a third sound source, which also undergoes software manipulation and blends into the soundscape. The stage boards are equipped with contact microphones, allowing visitors to intervene in the soundscape through their movement, serving as a fourth audio source within the system. Through improvised performance, the soundscape is expanded with various conventional and unconventional instruments, shaping this unique sound composition.
In collaboration with: Hrvoje Pelicarić, Jeronim Jandrić, Rob Mazurek, Gildo Bavčević, Hannes Hölzl, Miodrag Gladović and Davorka Begović
The installation The Resonance of the Amphitheater’s Sound was created in collaboration with sound designer and multimedia artist Hrvoje Pelicarić and produced by the MAVENA association. It builds upon an earlier research and art project developed in collaboration with Hannes Hölzl, SuperCollider software developer; electroacoustic engineer Miodrag Gladović; musicologist Davorka Begović; and curators Ena Hodžić and Tereza Teklić (KONTEJNER). The first version of the work was commissioned and produced by KABEL in cooperation with KONTEJNER as part of the Re-Imagine Europe project, co-financed by the European Union through the Creative Europe program.
