P1000453.jpg – Archive Estate Max Neuhaus
Artist on Artist Lecture - Camille Norment on Max Neuhaus, Dia Art Foundation, Video, May 21, 2019
Max Neuhaus decided to produce some 500 battery-charged Max-Feed boxes (1966) equipped with soldered electronic components and small speakers that functioned as scores and instruments.
Anyone could use these boxes to perform a feedback piece simply by using a radio. The lettering on the lid instructed the user to remove the inner from the outer box, place them in front of a radio or a tuner, then drape the blue and white wires over the radio turned on, and with the inner box also on, “find the place on the radio dial where it picks up the max feed sounds.” The feedback sounds could be further readjusted with tuning screws on the inner box. This project became one of several realized that year through which Neuhaus began blending his musicianship with audience participation and a broader art context.
Works:
Max-feed
American Can, Central Park, New York
American Can, Park, Statten Island, New York
American Can, Lincoln Center Plaza, New York
Bi-Product, Something Else Press, New York
Bi-Product, Park Place Gallery, New York
Bi-Product, Town Hall, New York (13 September 1966)
Telephone Access (4 Sept. - 14 Oct. 1968)
