Chorus, 2015 - 2026
Raspberry Pi FM pirate radio broadcast, amplified transducers, 1 - 7 LED lights
Chorus, 2015 - 2026
Raspberry Pi FM pirate radio broadcast, amplified transducers, 1 - 7 LED lights
“Chorus” destabilizes FM radio broadcast media, collapsing the boundary between the private display of emotion and its disquieting public visibility. Housed in a simple, battery-powered four-inch squared black box with an antenna and single blinking light during transmission, “Chorus” interrupts everyday radio with the intimate sound of an anonymous individual weeping, inserting vulnerability into spaces such as car commutes and domestic home listening. Once the audio ends, the transmission cuts out, returning the listener to an empty band of static or regular programming. Regardless of walls or distance, “Chorus” asserts that the voice exceeds containment. That the voice and sound bleed through muffled walls and radio static. Chorus has exhibited a large-scale installation where each voice lights a column once a specific voice is broadcast, and as a single pirate radio FM broadcast.