Escape Mechanism has taken many forms, as an appropriation-based art project - from solo studio releases and theatrical sound design, to a live ensemble and sound installation. There are a couple of new studio albums in the works. In the meantime, Escape Mechanism continues to explore sound installation, and has most recently exhibited the following works at Rosalux Gallery (04/2005 - Minneapolis, MN), The Blue Theater (04/2005 - Austin, TX) and Density Studios (11/2005 - Minneapolis, MN).
Escape Mechanism
Listserv (offline)
2001/2005 Sound Collage Installation
11 Minutes
Escape Mechanism
Power (offline)
2005 Sound Collage Installation
1 Minute, 9 seconds
Listserv is an attempt to illustrate how communication has been affected by technologies such as the internet, email and subsequently, the listserv, which has made electronic discussion with multiple (often anonymous) individuals a factor in many of our day to day lives.
While Listserv is a meditation on the effects of technology on interpersonal communication, it also illustrates the fleeting, shifting, and subjective nature of truth; specifically in regards to many of life’s original questions - whose answers, arguably, can never be truly known. Who can we trust to inform us about that which is beyond our comprehension?
Listserv debuted at the Soap Factory in 2001, and was then exhibited at Art-A-Whirl as a quadrophonic sound installation. It was presented in stereo at Rosalux Gallery in Minneapolis, as well as the Blue Theater (Austin, TX) and Density Studios (Minneapolis).
Power is usually installed in the gallery’s ductwork, or behind a vent, suggesting an overheard private conversation, and pointing to the struggle between each and every one of us, in relationships of all kinds. The voices in this piece reveal only a power struggle of some kind, and while the relationship between these voices may seem clear, the listener is urged to move beyond the obvious conclusion to this sonic puzzle.
Contact Escape Mechanism: escape (at) detritus.net