HOA electroacoustic composition + video
A multichannel electroacoustic composition, based on instrumental sounds and field
recordings from and around the Andenes Lighthouse on Andøya, Vesterålen, Northern
Norway.
The sonic journey starts in the tidal zone where the seaweed captures and releases tiny
air bubbles and the coarse white sand made from fragments of shells and cold water
corals crackle when moved by waves. The journey continues going up through Andenes
lighthouse itself during a stormy day and ends at the very top where the aurora borealis
starts flickering all over the sky.
The Lighthouse is originally composed for a dome of 47 speakers, during a 4-week long work stay at ZKM | Center for Art and Media using higher order ambisonics – a 3D sound panning technique.
Ambisonics is easy to adapt to various speaker setups, depending on the amount and placement of the speakers in a particular space.
Presented:
2024 September 11–13 – Fyrtårnet (Installation), AiRV Grande Finale – Melbu, Norway
2023 November 18 – High Zero’s Diffusion Festival – Baltimore, USA
2023 October 28 – Sonic Experiments, ZKM | Center for Art and Media – Karlsruhe, Germany
Credits:
Premiere: 2023 October 28 – ZKM | Center for Art and Media – Karlsruhe, Germany
Supported by: ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Art Production: Soundhunting AS
HOA electroacoustic composition + video
21:30 min
Concept: Tine Surel Lange
Composition, field recording: Tine Surel Lange
Ambisonics panning, audio edit: Tine Surel Lange
Video programming, sound mastering: Michal Sykora
