[ISEA2010] Paper: Halldór Úlfarsson (Text by Rune Søchting) – Briefly on Halldorophones

Abstract

The Halldorophone project creates an intersection or hybrid of instrumentobjects. The sound of the strings is picked up, amplified and retransmitted back into the body of the instrument thereby causing the strings to vibrate further. The result is a virtually endlessly sustained sound. Visually, the unique instrument objects are appealing, not least for the strangeness of the brutal integration of the speaker cone into the instrument itself, making them part instrument, part speaker.

  • Halldór Úlfarsson (IS) is an artist working with installation, video, performance and other media. He is interested in the meaning of making art and how this act stands in relation to other human endeavors. Halldór was educated at the Finnish Academy of Fine Art and the University of Art and Design, Helsinki. halldorulfarsson.info
  • Text by Rune Søchting, Director of the Nordic Sound Art M.A. Programme

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