Learning Book #004 examines the relation of speech to place and architecture to political and cultural landscape. Audible Dwelling is a mobile dwelling and a stereo loudspeaker system. The first version of the project, Audible Dwelling 1.0, took place between autumn 2009 and spring 2010 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The second version, Audible Dwelling 1.1 is scheduled to take place in 2012 in Malmo and Copenhagen.
This publication is a record of the research that inspired the Audible Dwelling
project. This volume contains observations on the research by Learning
Site and specially commissioned essays by Katarina Bonnevier, on the
design work of Eileen Gray, and Justin Stapleton, on the history of
transmission line speakers. This publication also contavins full
details of the first use of Audible Dwelling 1.0 in Columbus,
Ohio, United States. The themes covered in this publication include:
the history and politics of speaking houses, the autocity as aesthetic
and political landscape, the relationship of revolutions to renovation,
and the gender and political opinions of furniture.
in Columbus,
Ohio, United States. The themes covered in this publication include:
the history and politics of speaking houses, the autocity as aesthetic
and political landscape, the relationship of revolutions to renovation,
and the gender and political opinions of furniture.