Laurie Anderson
Viophonograph, 1977
The needle mounted in the bow is lowered onto the record on the turntable built onto the violin. The record consists of several tracks of violin notes and phrases. For the exhibition the instrument has been automated.
Photo: Bob Bielecki
Handphone Table, 1978
Powerful drivers which compress and amplify sound are embedded in the
table. The listener can only hear the tape sound source by placing elbow in the depression of the table's surface and covering the ears. Sound is conducted from tape through driver, screw, elbow, skull. The cranial cavities effectually become speakers.