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!!1978 — Quartet for Four Listeners ---- — — ''Laurie Anderson- Quartets For Four (Subsequent) Listeners - Holly Solomon Gallery, New York - September 9-September 30, 1978'' {br}{br} \|t [../files/articles/anderson/1978_quartets.jpg]\|t \|t \|t \|t \|t \|t \|t \|t \|t \|t \|t \|t \|t \|t \|t \|t \|t \|t \|t \|t \|t \|t \|t \|t ''Laurie Anderson’s acoustical installation - ''Quartet #1 for Four (Subsequent) Listeners'', 1978 - inverts Rauschenberg’s procedure by having lights trigger sounds. A small gallery room is rigged with four large loudspeakers suspended in a diagonal row along the ceiling with four spotlights installed in a corner and four cylindrical light sensors hung in line among the speakers. In the darkened room a diagonal ribbon of light on the floor directs gallery visitors. The words ’note’ and ‘tone’ are printed on the floor at each end of the room.{br}When a visitor blocks the light, he/she activates four sounds : a repeated monosyllable, a violin phrase , a woman’s voice softly humming, and a sound that is either traffic or surf.{br}ln some ways suggestive of participatory theatre, ''Quartet #1 for Four (Subsequent) Listeners'' is programmed for social interaction.{br}The installation invites the anonymous observer/auditor to perform acts of sensory engagement, which disrupt patterns of perception. For every action there is a prerecorded aural reaction in Laurie Anderson's installation. The piece is both engaging and entertaining.''\| {br}{br} {br}{br}
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