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Krachtgever
Peter Bosch & Simone Simons (NL)
Golden Nica Prix Ars Electronica 1998 "Computer Music"

In "Krachtgever" by Peter Bosch and Simone Simons, forced and natural frequencies of objects are so attuned to each other that the movements and sounds created by the installation can change almost imperceptibly from order into chaos and vice versa. "In 1896 Nikola Tesla, one of the greatest geniuses of the electrical age, strapped a small oscillation motor to the central beam in his Manhattan laboratory and built a powerful physical resonance that was conducted through the building and into the earth causing an earth quake in which buildings shook, panes of glass broke and steam pipes ruptured over a twelve block area. He was forced to stop the motor with a blow from a sledge hammer. Tesla stated that he could calculate the resonant frequency of the earth and set off a strong vibration with a properly tuned driver of adequate size and specific placement."
Source: Peter Bosch & Simone Simons (NL)

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