A Mercedes Benz with Turkish license plates and loudspeakers on the roof, broadcasting jokes in Turkish in Kreutzberg, Berlin, an area dominated by Turkish immigrants.
This was the first ever mixer with crossfader. The Gaumont Chronophone.
In 1910, the French engineer Leon Gaumont demonstrated his sound-and-film synchronizing Chronophone system at the Gaumant Palace in Paris, France. Gaument’s Chronophone had two gramophone platters, between which a deft operator could switch back and forth.
The ‘Chandelier’ sculptures evoke notions of otherworldly communication by using sections of texts that have been translated into the flashing light signals of Morse Code, such as “Diary: How to improve the world (you will only make matters worse)” continued 1968 from ‘M’ writings ’67-’72 by John Cage.
