Interesting Audio-Technology Mini-Exhibit in Philadelphia

Walking around Philadelphia I noticed this shop-window.  Wow these people really had my number.   The shop is called Art In The Age Of Mechanical Reproduction (h.f. AITAOMR), which is a reference to a seminal essay by Walter Benjamin.  Benjamin was interested in understanding how our concept of value in art was altered by the new processes of mechanical reproduction (offset printing, phonograph records, etc) which became widely available in the early 20th century.  ANYways… AITAOMR is a fine shop with appealling apparel and lifestyle items offered for sale.   They also market their own line of rustic flavored boozes you can sample in the shop  (sold elsewhere at licensed agents).

Turns out that the shop-window display is part of an in-store exhibit of audio-technology that was put together by record producer/engineer Bill Moriarty, who has worked with popular artists like Man Man and Dr. Dog.    It’s a fun tactile display that foregrounds some of the crucial basic processes we use in audio work: editing, mixing, reverberation, ‘effects processing,’ etc.

The exhibit is up for a few more days; you can read more about it in Moriarty’s own words at his blog.