Camera by Sage Hansen

Golden Record (2019)

24”x48”x6”

Brass, plywood, wires, printed scores, electronics, speakers, tranducers, audio samples.

The Voyager Golden Records are two phonograph records that are currently aboard the Voyager spacecraft, launched in 1977 and the farthest human-made object from Earth. The records are a sort of time capsule, containing audio of life on earth, intended to be experienced by extraterrestrial life.

Golden Record is a playable sound sculpture that combines paranormal tools, graphic notation, the visual language of crop circles, and audio samples of phantom radio stations from the swamplands of Russia, audio tracks currently aboard the Voyager, and recorded vibrations from the Mars rover.

Thanks to Sculpture Month Houston, Volker Eisele, and Antarctica Black.