Upon invitation to contribute to the Popupshop exhibition in Frankfurt/Main, and on short notice, I equipped a stuffed-toy Cookie Monster with a theremin. I used a “Minimum Theremin,” based on the design on Art’s Theremin Page. I added an amplifier and an old loudspeaker that I found in my father’s basement. When the belly is pressed, the Cookie Monster starts to mewl (in German, “quäken”) according to the intensity of the pressure. The heavy head instinctively makes people handle it like a baby.

> minimal_theremin.zip (zip file schematics and layout as .gif)

> Art’s Theremin Homepage (this is where the original schematic came from. There’s a thorough documentation, further texts and theremin schematics. Art is very nice and helpful with questions)

Those who didn’t make it to the festival could get some festival-atmosphere at home by listening to our internet stream.

2005 Frequenzwechsel was on air for the first time at the SonneMondSterne-Festival. Resonance by both visitors and the internat audience (at peak times up to 400 people listeners!) was very positive. Motivated by our success we decided to keep streaming on a regular basis independently  on a biweekly basis.

The program emphasized on the presentation of elektronic music projects, especially from eastern germany, particularly (free) net music and related topics. The conten of these broadcasts was presented within the second assignment at the SonnMondSterne festival in 2006.

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