Electromagnetic Steel Disk

A steel disk is mounted on a wall and excited by a hand-wound electromagnet positioned behind it. A piezoelectric microphone picks up the vibrations of the disk and feeds the signal back to the electromagnet, creating a continuously evolving feedback loop. The disk produces sound through its own resonance.

Exhibitions

New Music Festival, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1992, live performance with Pauline Oliveros
SEAMUS Conference, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, March 31 – April 4, 1993
SoundCulture 96, WORKS/San Jose, California, 1996