Description

Record Breaker No. 1 (Record Maker) is a modified turntable that traces its needle along a bed of ground 12” vinyl recordings — activated by listening to sounds in real-time.

The work registers the amplitude and ambient sounds in the space and etches its own iteration of “grooves” that would be found on a traditional record. This piece challenges the original function of a record player by reversing its defined purpose of something to be heard and instead, operating to attentively listen and create its own record according to the sounds that it hears.