12 Kubisch, Christina. LISTENING THROUGH THE WALLS (1984) – excerpt
Original Format: Audio Installation: Documented on audio CD “On Air” “It is paradoxically easier to introduce new music than a new way of listening. I abandoned concert halls in favour of new sound environments…. The result is a ‘magnetic trail’ formed by a network of electrical cables which creates a visible [or invisible] labyrinth. With the aid of special earphones, specially designed for these works, the trails are then transformed from a visual structure into a musical one.” Christina Kubisch is a German sound artist and one of the earlier composers who made the switch from musical compositions to art exhibitions. She is one of the few artist, whose work almost always relies on some time of headphone technology: either special receiving headphones picking up purposefully installed wires transmitting a pre-arranged composition or simply a designated walking route through a saturated electromagnetic location, such as a busy urban neighbourhood. #