1974
IMG0091, Max Neuhaus Drawing
Projection of underwater shape
with sound source locations,
Water Whistle XVII, 1983 - Ink and colored pencil on paper - 96 x 96 cm. Collection: The Estate of Max neuhaus
Sound work reference: Evangeline Residence for Women, New York, 1974 Sponsor: Sonnabend Gallery, New York
UNDERWATER MUSIC(S)
These works deal with the sensation of hearing in water.
Between 1971 and 1974, a number of short installations or performances (6 to 15 hours were done in swimming pools heated to body temperature
("Water Whistle" 1-1 7) All of the sounds in these pieces were made by running water through small whistles, installed in various configurations underwater. Each work was made by choosing a set of whistles and whistle locations for each pool, and each grew out of the individual acoustic characteristics due to their differing underwater shape and size. Another series is now being developed utilizing underwater loudspeakers and electronically generated sounds.
Photo by Bennett of Max Neuhaus's Water Whistle, 1971
Piblished in Art in America sept-oct 1974
Al Brunelle, Deep Float: Neuhaus' 'Water Whisle', (Art in America 62, no. 5 ), October 1974, p. 91
p.66
Poster:
Water Whistle, A series of Istallation Underwater Music, 1974