Sounds of electromagnetic radiation from the sun, transformed into audible material.
The Receiver explores the transformation of energy from electromagnetic emanations of the sun into sound; this audible radiation fills the otherwise empty building.
Installed in the cylindrical building is a radio telescope fitted with a specialised antenna and receiver that operates in the microwave region of the radio frequency portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The telescope follows the Sun, as the Earth revolves around it, receiving electromagnetic radiation that has traveled the 150 million km. This captured energy is the source material of the immersive sonic environment created inside the silo.
Here, the frequency spectrum of the sound can be experienced as you move up the 45 meter tall building. You go from low frequency to high frequency material, and here you will find that the sound exceeds both the highest and lowest frequencies that humans are able to hear.
Projektet er konceptualiseret af Christian Skjødt Hasselstrøm og realiseret i samarbejde med ingeniører, akustikere og andre specialister fra Bang & Olufsen.