Marla Hlady

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Mic Spin - 2015

Materials: shotgun microphone, wood, aluminum, motor with miscellaneous hardware, microprocessor controller with miscellaneous electronics and electrical, sound transmitter and receiver, stand, miscellaneous audio equipment

Dimensions (h x w x d):�paper wall 10 x 14 inches, large platform 8 x 90 x 90 inches

Software design: Wild Rhombus Software

Mic Spin is a kinetic sculpture and an instrument.

Mic Spin uses a turning shotgun microphone and a live or pre-recorded sound source. When a pre-recorded sound is used, the speaker�s fidelity can range from high to low.

Mic Spin is able to move at varying speeds and in both directions. This machine is designed to run independently, controlled by a microprocessor; and it is designed to be manually operated with a foot pedal.

As Mic Spin�s shotgun microphone passes by a sound source, it picks up and transmits to a sound system that in turn amplifies the sound. How this sound is then heard depends on a range of factors including microphone movement and placement, sound source amplitude, room or space resonance, etc.

Exhibition and Performance History:
2019 fluff (Avatar, Quebec City, Canada), 2018 Points of Listening (London, United Kingdom), 2018 Experimental Intermedia (New York, NY), 2017 Le Mois Multi (Quebec City, Canada); 2015 Errant Bodies Sound Art Space (Berlin, Germany); 2015 Music Gallery (Toronto, Canada)