Two men adjust the setting on synthesizers while Tom Zahuranec and others look on, at a KPFA Radio Event, Mills College, Oakland CA, 1971

Charles Amirkhanian Collection ➔ Two men adjust the setting on synthesizers while Tom Zahuranec and others look on, at a KPFA Radio Event, Mills College, Oakland CA, 1971

Still image


Identifier
IM.CA.PC.0006.004
Dates
1971-03-04 | created
Work Type
Photographic print
Image Class
KPFA Events
Image Series
Radio Event No. 13: Ful Mercury Walk
Description
One man seems to be adjusting some dials while looking at the camera as another man adjusts some sliders on another piece of equipment, and a crowd looks on at the electronic music studio at Mills College as part of a radio event sponsored by KPFA-FM in Berkeley. Broadcasted live from the Mills College Electronic Tape Music Center via a remote, portable transmitter, Tom Zahuranec's "Bucket-Ful Mercury Walk" invited listeners at home to drive to Mills and assist in creating sounds using various electronic equipment including Moog and Buchla synthesizers. Guests discovered and experimented with their manipulated voices while others helped turn knobs on the instruments.

Note: Tom's last name is pronounced ‘Zur-a-ness'
Genres & Subjects
Group portraits--1970-1980
People
Spectators
Audiences
Electronic apparatus & appliances
Participatory art
Interactive art
Audience participation programs Radio
Image Ownership
Charles Amirkhanian
Photo Credits
Charles Amirkhanian