“My work revolves around sound, experimental electronics, and the construction of bespoke media environments. From custom circuits and multichannel installations to collaborative practice across cultures and contexts, I work with sound as a medium that connects perception, space, and material process.
Sound Installation
- Sound Art
- Custom Electronics
- Spatial Composition
A sound art installation of up to 16 custom-built plasma speakers mounted on laboratory stands and glass tables. Each speaker produces sound through an amplitude-modulated high-voltage electric arc.
Plasma speakers act as true acoustic point sources with omni-directional radiation, enabling precise spatial localisation even at close spacing. The 16 speakers were arranged as a free constellation rather than a conventional ring or dome, controlled via a relay board driven by Arduino and MIDI from a DAW.
Presented at:
cel Stage, KOCCA, Seoul, 2016 (with Bang&Lee)
ZKM InSonic, ZKM Karlsruhe, 2017
klingt gut! Symposium, HAW Hamburg, 2017 (klingt gut! Award)
Technical documentation and build notes:
https://github.com/SCLW/plasma_speakers
Also documented on Google Arts & Culture:
artsandculture.google.com
Audio Electronics
- CMOS Synthesis
- Discrete Circuits
- Analog Spatialization
Custom-built instruments and circuits for experimental sound and live performance. Work spans analog electronics, CMOS logic synthesis, discrete transistor circuits and analog spatialization systems.
CMOS logic circuits — single-chip oscillators and sequencers running on 4000-series ICs — form the basis of a single-PCB instrument for experimental sound and live performance. Build documentation and schematics:
https://github.com/SCLW/CMOS_Synthesizer
The Crackle Circuit is a discrete transistor reworking of the classic Cracklebox, replacing the original op-amp IC with a transistor-based design. Schematics and notes:
https://github.com/SCLW/Crackle-Circuit
Sound Commissions
- Sound Design
- Mixing & Post-Production
- Film & Animation
Sound design, mixing and post-production for film, animation, advertising and video. Work ranges from musical concepts for stop-motion and animated film to audio for site-specific video and multimedia projects. Includes long-standing sound design work for media artist Michael Bielicky, presented internationally.
Circuitry-Based Sound
- Group Performances
- DIY Electronics
- Intercultural Music
Research Associate and Lecturer in Media Art Sound at HfG Karlsruhe. Teaching materials and further educational work: medienkunst-sound.de and teaching.medienkunst-sound.de.
Courses and workshops in DIY electronics, live performance and experimental sound, developed and taught at HfG Karlsruhe. Documentation and course materials:
https://github.com/SCLW/Circuitry-Based-Sound
Structured improvisation with African instruments and DIY electronics, !Khwa ttu, South Africa, 2024 — Bowed Electrons at !Khwa ttu, as part of the Intercultural Media and Music Practice (IMMP) programme: medienkunst-sound.de/events/bowed-electrons-at-khwa-ttu
Net-based Video
- User Generated Content
- Public Intervention
- Prosumer Advertisement
The basic human need for creative play and disclosure drew internet users into uploading their own photos and text messages. Server software continuously generated short clips from this growing data source and broadcast them onto the open screen.
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