ISLAND EYE ISLAND EAR was to be a collaborative environmental concert work with Jackie Matisse, and Fujiko Nakaya.  David Tudor’s participation was using large parabolic reflectors to focus narrow beams of sound that visitors would walk through.  The work was to have fog systems by Fujiko Nakaya and kites by Jackie Monnier.  After a number of investigations for an appropriate site lasting until 1979, the project was put on hold and never realized.

The original plan for the Swedish version included dancers (Magaretha Asberg and dancers).

COLLABORATORS: JACKIE MATISSE, FUJIKO NAKAYA

SPACE REQUIREMENT: TBD

BUDGET: TBD

FOCUSED LOUDSPEAKER RESEARCH (1979)

COLLABORAtion: JOHN DRISCOLL, RALPH JONES, MARTIN KALVE

David Tudor started on an ambitious collaborative work Island Eye Island Ear with Jackie Monnier and Fujiko Nakaya using focused sounds on a Swedish island for a project with E.A.T. in 1974.

An outgrowth of his interest in focusing sound resulted in CIE starting designs for a collaborative multi-performer work utilizing a series of focused loudspeakers in 1977. An N.E.A. sponsored music research residency at Media Study/Buffalo took place over a two month period in 1979, with members John Driscoll, Ralph Jones, Martin Kalve, and David Tudor participating.

This residency resulted in the development of a number of focused loudspeaker designs including :

- Parabolic lenses (speakers & reflectors)

- Mechanical lenses (end-fire, slant plate, etc.)

- Tuned folded-horn speakers

- Multi-ported resonant speakers

The research was specifically focused on the speaker design vs. source material for each device.

The research did not result in a collaborative CIE work, but John Driscoll used the research to develop two works with a series of focused and rotating loudspeakers.

Prototype focused speakers - 1979

Fujiko Nakaya - Testing Fog

Jackie Matisse - Kites

David Tudor - Parabolic Reflector