Computer At Sea – Galen Richmond (US)

Performance of Palace of the Lightbulbs
http://computeratsea.com/
performance

I’ll play through my new EP, Palace of the Lightbulbs. Lately my live shows are are dance oriented with a good amount of noise thrown in for good measure. I’ve been incorporating a Sony Watchman TV and was totally thrilled to discover that there are still UHF stations broadcasting, so depending air space at the venue I could possibly get some tv signals in the mix.

Prepared Televisions for Voice: Variations on the Wobblevision
http://bit.ly/hno3Km
installation

year: 2011
medium: Televisions and electronics
dimensions: Roughly 5 feet long by three feet deep by three feet tall

Twelve to fifteen hacked black and white televisons would be linked together. All of the TVs would be different versions of the popular wobblevision, or wave vessel hack. They would be connected to a school intercom style microphone and create visual data from the room sound. At present, I’ve got eight different variants on the wobblevision theme and am currently working on finding more. I’m installing an excerpt of this installation in a gallery later this month with three tv’s and would be able to send video of that later in the month.

bio:
Galen Richmond creates electronic installations from discarded electronics, LEDs, and videogame technology. Recently he was the artist in residence at the Children’s Museum and Theater of Maine where he worked building oversized oscillators with kids. He is the recipient of the Maine Art’s Commision’s Good Idea Grant and also performs electronic music under the name Computer at Sea.

Computer At Sea coaxes pop songs and noise fields out of a tangle of circuit bent gear. Using aftermarket Casios, scavenged sounds and 8-or-less-bit videogame technology Computer at sea creates distopian dance jams that borrow from early electronic music and mid 90′s indie rock.