Karle Fried

Artist: Karle Fried

Project Description:
Karle is a photographer and wanted to incorporate sound within this exhibition of her photographs. She did this by attaching a small, bare wire beneath each photograph that, when touched, would produce a sound that corresponds to the photograph.

The sounds were recordings of phone conversations that she had with her father. The effect was like eavesdropping on a private conversation as the topics ranged from drug abuse to sexual preferences. The effect was magnified by the potential that the bare wires had to shock you and that your skin activated the sound.

System:
One Teleo Multi IO was connected to Schmitt trigger circuits and bare wires. Karle used Cycling 74's Max to control the sound.

Close up of photographs and corresponding bare wires.

The full exhibit.

People interacting with the exhibit.