Witteveen+Bos Art+Technology Award 2014, by Geert-Jan Hobijn

Witteveen+Bos Art+Technology Award 2014

by Geert-Jan Hobijn

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How can a printed material “sound”? This unanswered question has probably resounded many times in the mind of Geert-Jan Hobijn, founder of the experimental label Staalplaat and then of the artistic group Staalplaat Soundsystem. His career was first embedded in the label’s releases, with a unique production, fully realised in the integration of both sounds and packaging as a single concept usually directed by Hobijn himself (Hobijn once said that “production is not democratic”). It was also realised in the workshops, performances and exhibitions of the group involving an horizontal, often enthusiastic, audience with no specific training, able to produce sounds from consumer electronics, radios, turntables and various (found) materials. This is not a definitive monograph, but the catalogue of a well deserved award: The Witteveen+Bos Art+Technology Award. With a perfect introduction by Douglas Kahn and an essay by Jorinde Seijdel, this ‘catalogue’ perfectly embodies Hobijn’s spirit. It has been enclosed in a cardboard ‘cover,’ with a small electronic instrument that reacts to light on one side, and on the other a single 7″ with locked grooves that can be played manually with a glued needle, or with a turntable. This printed material can, then, “sound,” answering our initial question. And it can sound on its own, not as a commercial, useless gadget, but as a perfectly coherent work, playfully and consistently integrating the aural into the visual standards of print. neural.it/2015

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1.	Radboud Mens 01 00:01
2.	Radboud Mens 04 00:01
3.	IlpoVaisanen 02 00:01
4.	John Hegre 03 00:01
5.	Pimmon 03 00:01
6.	Mainpal 02 00:01
7.	Massimo 01 00:01
8.	CMvonHausswolf 01 00:01
9.	Un Caddie Renvers⁄ dans l'Herbe 03 00:01
10.	Un Caddie Renvers⁄ dans l'Herbe 04 00:01
11.	Bird 03 00:01
12.	Crickets 03 00:01
13.	Wave 03 00:01
14.	Muslimgauze 04 00:01
15.	Beep 03 00:01
16.	Car 03 00:01
17.	Jim O'Rourke 01 00:01
18.	Staalplaat soundsystem 02 00:01	buy track
19.	Staalplaat soundsystem 01 00:01	buy track
20.	IlpoVaisanen 05 00:01	buy track

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This release consists of a book, a record player, a 7" single and a small electronic sound device.
The 48-page book shows some of Hobijns work through several photos, an introduction by Douglas Kahn, and an essay by Jorinde Seijdel.
The 7" single contains 20 locked grooves on each side that you can play manually using the needle attached to the bookcover or using a regular turntable. The locked grooves on the a-side are taken from the Yokomono loop records and the locked grooves on the b-side are from Yokomono 02 (empty ) so you can scratch them and creat your own rhythms.
The electronic sound device is an instrument that can be played by moving your fingers across the light-sensitive sensor.

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released January 27, 2021

Vinyl, 7", Locked Groove
Hybrid, Light Sensor Activated Instrument

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staalplaat Amsterdam, Netherlands

Staalplaat is a label for sound artists: an organization network founded in 1982 by Geert-Jan Hobijn. Staalplaat operates many sublabels like: Hond In De Goot, Microwave Recordings, Mort Aux Vaches, Container, ERS, Necrophile Records, God Factory, Korm Plastics Introductionaire, material series, Staaltape our cassette label. ... more

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