John Cage playing amplified cacti… enough said.

A Japanese Bugaku mask, used in the performance of Saisoro, or “the old man seeks a mulberry tree”.  According to the book “Music of A Thousand Autums: The Togaku Style of Japanese Court Music”, the mask is no longer used because “it is belived that the dancer may die soon after the performance”.

Image via: mfa.org

Currently building a prototype for a giant (22′ and 70′) guitar, to be performed at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts.  Turnbuckle tuner, derlin nut/saddle, humbucker pickup.  Possibly played with a motor.

So simple:

In an important early work entitled “Fill” (1970), Askevold uses two simple props — a microphone and sheets of aluminum foil — to conduct a documented sound performance. Beginning with just the microphone, the artist simply and systematically, wraps the mic with sheets of foil. The sound, at first loud and static-ridden, becomes muffled as more and more sheets are applied. After a period of performing, the screen is filled with the image of crumpled foil, at which point the artist reverses his process.

Video via: Vimeo
Text via: Arleak.org

Video of “Electronic Chopsticks” by Adachi Tomoni.  Superbly noisy.