tom harrup

2009. Various compact HiFi systems, wire, cable, solder.

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In response to the mass-manufactured appearance of the materials used for sound reproduction in hi-fi equipment, and the increasing non-materiality of recorded music, a series of compact CD/tape/radio systems were inverted. The reconstructed objects became increasingly wearable, with mk3 being the most ergonomic, allowing the operator an extreme proximity to the controls and speakers. The vulnerable circuit boards and components are exposed outside, like body parts outside the skin, the bundles of cable symbolizing a sort of external nervous system.

mk1                                                                       mk2