Spatial Sounds (100dB at 100km/h) is an interactive audio installation by Marnix de Nijs and Edwin van der Heide. In this  ngine-powered installation, a speaker is mounted onto a rotating arm that is several meters long. Like a watchdog, the machine scans the surrounding space for visitors. Closer investigation would be tempting fate, with the rotating arm swinging so powerfully round. You hear the impressive sound of the mighty motor revving up, turning faster and faster. You can feel the displacement of air as the speaker whizzes past you, and you had better step back, out of reach. The machine slows down and, when the shock wears off, you start exploring the space, with your movements manipulating the sound it produces. Just don´t get too close! Spatial Sounds (100dB at 100km/h) builds up a physically tangible relationship with the visitor, since it is the game of attracting and repelling between machine and visitor that determines its sound and movement.

duration    2nd February - 13th February 2005 opening    2nd February 2005, 6.00 pm daily    2.00 - 8.00 pm long night    13th February 2005, until 12.00 pm Supported by: Ev. Kirchengemeinde Marien, Initiative Neue Musik Berlin, Botschaft des Königreichs der Niederlande, Elektronisches Studio der TU Berlin.   In coorperation with tesla at the Podewils'schen Palais, transmediale, club transmediale.