I research what else is possible with low frequency sound. Infrasound and sub-bass as the frequency range that interests and guides the research alongside their relationships with bodies and subwoofer arrangements.
A compact narration of a selection of some key episodes that lead to the creation of B.A.S.. From a serious clubbing routine and relationship, as an extraction of the dance floor experience, to the contact with the ''Master of the Subs’’, Rafael Lins, the series of site-specific sound installations concept came to life after a decade of practices and obsession around subwoofers, bass and sub-bass frequencies.
An ongoing investigation of the possible interactions between sub-bass, bodies, and subwoofers via a series of site-specific sound installations composed of subwoofer arrangements and sub-bass. Throughout organized sub-bass frequencies spoke by subwoofers, Stefanie Egedy explores how this particular frequency-range communicates with multiple types of bodies – not only human bodies, but also structural aspects of the space where the installation is presented, informing correlations between sound and constructional features (dimensions, materials, walls, columns, and floor).
Often without conscious awareness, bodies cultivate automation of perception. While usually inattentive to the complex network of physical resonances in its environment, bodies are sensitized through the materiality of larger sound waves. How interactions with sub-bass, and subwoofers offer new possibilities in creating and experiencing realities?
July 2021
BODIES AND SUBWOOFERS (B.A.S.) 4.0
Installation and Performance
5''43 / 30''00
subwoofers, LED tubes, vermona perfourmer mkii, octatrack mkii, sine waves.
Experimance Festival, Saarbrücken, Germany
June 2021
BODIES AND SUBWOOFERS (B.A.S.) 1.0
Installation
8''28
subwoofers, LED strip, sine waves
HOTMESS, Berlin, Germany
July 2021
BODIES AND SUBWOOFERS (B.A.S.) 6.0
Installation
3"00
subwoofers, LED tubes, vermona perfourmer mkii, octatrack mkii, sine waves SENSUS at Kühlhaus Berlin, Germany
October 2020
BODIES AND SUBWOOFERS (B.A.S.) 2.0
Installation and Performance
7''00 / 11''00
subwoofers, LED tubes, vermona perfourmer mkii, octatrack mkii, sine waves
Dystopie Sound At Festival, Berlin, Germany
The SUB-BASS SESSIONS are the live concerts of the research, as in certain contexts subwoofers are pre-arranged and unmovable or the timing offered is too short to create an installation. This has led me to invest and explore the live concert format. When possible, I also arrange subwoofers in the sessions. In those, I am interested in observing and discussing with the audience how they and their bodies interact with low-frequency sound waves. My instruments are a Vermona Perforumer MKII together with an Octatrack MKII and DOD Meatbox Subsynt to synthesize sub-bass sounds live.
I am currently exploring within two formats:
1 . SUB-BASS RELAXATION SESSION:
Is a low-frequency sound bath that explores the relaxing potential contained in sound waves and subwoofers of the nervous system and the body.
2 . SUB-BASS SHORT & INTENSE:
Is a low-frequency sound bath that explores extreme sound pressure levels (SPL) and how vibrations can be intensely felt through the body.
I am currently exploring within two formats:
1 . SUB-BASS RELAXATION SESSION:
Is a low-frequency sound bath that explores the relaxing potential contained in sound waves and subwoofers of the nervous system and the body.
2 . SUB-BASS SHORT & INTENSE:
Is a low-frequency sound bath that explores extreme sound pressure levels (SPL) and how vibrations can be intensely felt through the body.