Continuing the presentation of the Sound Urbanism/ Sound Ecology seminar from University of Cincinnati in the Spring semester 2013, I am showing four of Max Neuhaus's projects that were discussed in the seminar. Passage Works, shown in Neuhaus's sketch above, was a proposal by Max Neuhaus, to install sound installations, so that when people walk or drive down a street to reach a destination, their passage would be marked by various sounds. These points of sound inflection imply an active role for the listeners, who move through the piece, and set a series of static sound structures into motion.
Max Neuhaus's installation in Times Square is possibly his most famous work. This was an installation of recordings and speakers, under a subway grate in Times Square. See the following, from 'The Sweet Spot': http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/the-sweet-spot-feb-15/. Neuhaus's installation is an important a piece of New York City memorabilia, similar in scope and importance to 'I love New York' logo, by Milton Glaser.
Max Neuhaus was commissioned to do a Sound Piece at the DeMenil Collection in Houston in 2008.
In the 1970's, Max Neuhaus organized a series of public walks, around sounds. Above: Max Neuhaus's poster for his walk below the Brooklyn Bridge in 1976.
Neuhaus also experimented with other media for transmission of sound. Above, Max Neuhasus's site specific Sound Work for the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, 'Water Whistle III'.
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