David McCallum _ Projects!

• • 2013
  • Critters _ Installation
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  • Satin and houndstooth software _ Software
• • 2012
  • Looking Up _ Net Art
• • 2011
  • Powers of Satin _ Textile
• • 2010
  • Neighbourhoodie _ Wearable
• • 2009
  • Knitted studies _ Knit
  • Singing Underwear Workshop _ Workshop
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• • 2008
  • Sign Me a Space _ Installation
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  • Auld Lang Syne 2008 _ Installation
  • I/O Media _ Group
• • 2007
  • Warbike _ Mobile artwork
  • Palimpsest _ Installation
  • Asteroid B612 _ Video
  • i swallow _ Performance
  • Arse Feck _ Net art
  • Auld Lang Syne 2007 _ Installation
• • 2006
  • Interview with Stelarc _ print
  • Geeks don't know it's psychogeography _ print
  • Cricket Farm _ Installation/performance
• • 2005
  • Your Network is Mine _ Performance
  • Big Like Me _ Webcam Film
  • Dear Diary, Dear World _ Net art
  • Attack of the PANTs _ Workshop
  • You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato _ Performance
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  • Re _ Group
• • 2004
  • mcfalcon-l _ Group
  • Flexing Swine _ Group
  • Drinking Box _ Group
  • Leark _ Group
• • 2003
  • Bench _ Video
  • Bon Appetit! _ Video
  • A Trip to the Zoo _ Film
  • Deconstructing Evil _ Video
  • Experimental Music at the Grad Club _ Event series
  • The United Empire Loyalist Orchestra _ Group
• • 2002
  • The Immediacy Group _ Group
  • O Canada: Three Hours in One and One-half Minute _ Music
  • MIDI Bear _ Toy
  • The Lumber Dog Trio _ Group

i swallow

2007

Type

Performance

Keywords

iSight, webcam, video, feedback

Showing

– Pleasure Dome's New Toronto Works Show, Toronto, February 24, 2007
– Interacces, I/O Media aboveground, Toronto, November 17, 2006

This performance plays the audio feedback through the microphone at the top of the MacBook's screen. Using my mouth, I can coax the feedback into different frequencies, playing it like an instrument.

The cool thing about the MacBook's design is the placement of the mic and webcam, directly beside each other. By projecting the camera's view, the audience has a bit of an understanding of what's going on, or at least a connection between the sound and my actions—something that's lacking in most electronic music performance.

Both the video and audio techniques are super simple and have been around for years. The simplicity of this creative process is what makes this fascinating for me, all thanks to the innovative interface designers at Apple.