Babble Machine : a sound installation made from technology and texts
of early radio in britain
By Aleksander Kolkowski, Alison Hess and Katy Price
In conjuction with the Science Museum exhibition 'The Voice of the
BBC' curated by Alison Hess
An array of vintage radio horns, receivers, a séance trumpet and
suspended objects.
Babble Machines were foreseen by H.G. Wells in The Sleeper Awakes
(1899) ? radio speakers diffusing propaganda to the workers. The voice
of the Babble Machine is interfused with excerpts from the Radio Times
and from 1920s domestic drama, thriller and uncanny stories about
radio in the home.
Babble Machine debuts at Science Museum Lates, London UK, 28 November 2012
and is open:
29 Nov to 2 Dec 2012
12:30 to 5:30pm
free admission
in association with Queen Mary, University of London
Babble Machine would like to thank: Science Museum, South Kensington;
Steve Long and
Workshop; John Liffen; Sarah Harvey; Tim Boon; George Tiffin.
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katy price
lecturer in modern + contemporary literature
queen mary, university of london
office hours: tues 4-5pm / thurs 2.30-3.30pm
arts 1, room 3.32a
0207 890 8500 ext 8537
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