Tympanic Tether

Curtis Tamm

Curtis Tamm is conducting audio visual field-work in geologically active parts of the world to reevaluate the relationship between culture and natural catastrophes. The project researches the experiential and technological origins of the siren as a warning device and will develop new methods to sonify natural catastrophes in real time.

From the blog: How to Make One's Self into a Siren: An Acoustemological Mix by Curtis Tamm—Part 1

LACMA’s Art + Technology Lab is pleased to present a special audio mix by 2017 LACMA Art + Technology Lab grant recipient Curtis Tamm...Far from typical sirens, the sounds in the mix aim to heal trauma. Instead of a shrill wail, think of resonating temple bells, the visceral bubbling of thermal mud pots, and the distant calls of wildlife across Yellowstone’s vast Central Plateau.

We sat down with Tamm to talk about his research and travels and learn why it may be worth rethinking the role of the aural warning siren in our lives today...

Listen to the Audio Mix: How to Make One's Self into a Siren

The work of Curtis Tamm deploys a type of sideways and peripheral glimpsing within the context of experimental research, the outcomes of which are committed to developing and sharing techniques for capturing and releasing those plasma like entities and instances which seem to dissolve and overwhelm when approached or looked at directly.

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