{"id":13944,"title":"Brown Sound Kit","dimensions":"85 x 60 x 82 cm","date_begin":"1994-01-01","material":"Speaker, amplifier, equalizer, oscillator, fiberglass, carrying case, wood ","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Georges-Philippe and Nathalie Vallois ","cached_tag_list":"Brown Sound Kit Martin Kersels","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":11,"permalink":"brown-sound-kit","description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Installation","nl":"Installatie","fr":"Installation"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/032/298/large/2016_Energy_Flash_photo_M_HKA_32.jpg?1467191146","poster_credits":"(c)Photo: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eHis sculpture \u003cem\u003eBrown Sound Kit\u003c/em\u003e, 1994, is a piece of sound equipment that emits low frequency infrasound waves, which causes those in its path to release the contents of their bowels\u0026mdash;or more colloquially, to \u0026ldquo;shit themselves\u0026rdquo;. This kind of sound cannon has its roots in sonic weapons first developed by the Nazis for the purposes of crowd control, and purportedly also by the French authorities during the Paris riots of 1968. Utilising a speaker, an amplifier, an equaliser and an oscillator, all contained with a mobile yellow case, \u003cem\u003eBrown Sound Kit\u003c/em\u003e works reflexively of the fact that experiments in weapons technology were also important in the development of sound systems for music. Whilst bringing some toilet humour to the gallery space, \u003cem\u003eBrown Sound Kit\u003c/em\u003e brings visibility to issues of controlling bodies \u003cem\u003een masse\u003c/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eBrown Sound Kit\u003c/em\u003e is presented unplugged within exhibitions.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eZijn sculptuur \u003cem\u003eBrown Sound Kit\u003c/em\u003e uit 1994 bestaat uit geluidsapparatuur die infrageluidsgolven uitzendt. Wie in het bereik van het infrageluid komt, zou de aandrang voelen zich te ontlasten of, informeler, \u0026#39;in zijn broek te schijten\u0026#39;. Dit soort geluidskanon is ontstaan uit de sonische wapens die voor het eerst ontwikkeld werden door de nazi\u0026#39;s voor het controleren van massa\u0026#39;s en naar verluidt ook tijdens de Parijse rellen van 1968, door de Franse autoriteiten. \u003cem\u003eBrown Sound Kit\u003c/em\u003e maakt gebruik van een luidspreker met een doorsnede van 45,72 cm, een versterker, een equalizer en een oscillator, alle vier aangebracht in een draagkoffer van gele glasvezel. Het werk is een reflectie op het feit dat wapentechnologische experimenten ook belangrijk waren voor de ontwikkeling van muziekgeluidssystemen. \u003cem\u003eBrown Sound Kit \u003c/em\u003ekleurt de tentoonstellingsruimte met wat wc-humor maar brengt tegelijk het controleren van lichamen \u003cem\u003een masse \u003c/em\u003eonder de aandacht. Het werk wordt tijdens tentoonstellingen niet op het elektriciteitsnet aangesloten.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eSa sculpture \u003cem\u003eBrown Sound Kit\u003c/em\u003e, 1994, est une installation compos\u0026eacute;e de mat\u0026eacute;riel sonore qui \u0026eacute;met des ondes infrasonores de basse fr\u0026eacute;quence qui provoque chez ceux qui suivent leur trajectoire une purge du contenu intestinal, ou dit plus trivialement \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;qui les fait se chier dessus\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;. Ce type de canon sonore provient des armes acoustiques que les nazis ont d\u0026eacute;velopp\u0026eacute;es afin de contr\u0026ocirc;ler les foules, et que les autorit\u0026eacute;s fran\u0026ccedil;aises ont pr\u0026eacute;tendument utilis\u0026eacute;es lors des \u0026eacute;meutes de Mai\u0026nbsp;68. \u0026Agrave; l\u0026rsquo;aide d\u0026rsquo;un haut-parleur 18\u0026nbsp;pouces, d\u0026rsquo;un amplificateur, d\u0026rsquo;un \u0026eacute;galiseur et d\u0026rsquo;un oscillateur, le tout contenu dans un coffre mobile en fibre de verre jaune, \u003cem\u003eBrown Sound Kit\u003c/em\u003e m\u0026egrave;ne une r\u0026eacute;flexion sur le fait que ces exp\u0026eacute;riences autour de technologies de l\u0026rsquo;armement ont jou\u0026eacute; un r\u0026ocirc;le important dans le d\u0026eacute;veloppement des syst\u0026egrave;mes sonores musicaux. Introduisant de l\u0026rsquo;humour scatologique dans l\u0026rsquo;espace mus\u0026eacute;al, \u003cem\u003eBrown Sound Kit\u003c/em\u003e met aussi en lumi\u0026egrave;re des questions de contr\u0026ocirc;le physique de masse. Dans l\u0026rsquo;exposition,\u003cem\u003e Brown Sound Kit \u003c/em\u003eest pr\u0026eacute;sent\u0026eacute; en mode non raccord\u0026eacute;.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":2954,"name":"Martin Kersels  ","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}