
Brian Duffy is a conceptual artist, whose work involves live performance/installations/original music composition/and the creation of new musical instruments. His central themes explore the limits of human sense data and the notion of perceptual habit. This work reveals the hidden world around us, by utilising modified and self built apparatus. Previous work has included the Optophonic Lunaphone: A new musical instrument that uses six specially adapted telescopes; sensors built into the eye pieces convert the light from stars into sound - this information returns to a central control panel, allowing each sound to be manipulated and played in real time; and Modified Toy Orchestra which explores the hidden potential and surplus value latent inside redundant technology; a process creating sophisticated new electronic instruments from abandoned children's toys. |