something in the way

This year at the Lentos Museum at Ars Electronica, there was a special exhibition dealing with sound art. The works were quite diverse, and it was an amazing collection - some of the artists included were Max Neuhaus, Brion Gyson, Ira Cohen, David Rokeby, John Baldessari, and the list goes on. One of my favorites was an installation of a table by Laurie Anderson called "The Handphone Table". You sit at a table and music underneath of the table is conducted through your bones, as you hold your hands to your ears. The hollows within the table act as loudspeakers. It is an intimate way of hearing as well as feeling music.