OPENING: Friday, May 20, 2011
For 45 days, the two will experiment developing prototypes
in a fishbowl-type workshop open to onlookers who can place custom orders.
I N P U T : O U T P U T
Inspired by a love of industrial design and analog equipment, the shop will premiere handmade audio components designed by musician / furniture designer Philip Sumner and Kevin Carney, founder of the Generic Man and Mohawk General Store.
"The idea is to have a workshop where Philip and I will test, audition, and create retro-styled speakers and tube amps," says Carney. "While wearing white lab coats, of course."
Hitting it off in the vintage audio section of Carney's store, the two immediately imagined creating their own line of products. "Philip has a wood shop and we both have collections of classic audio equipment, so we decided to give it a go," Carney says. "I kept looking for a space to do a sound installation for the public to experience, and here we are...doing it!"
For 45 days, the two will experiment developing prototypes in a fishbowl-type workshop open to onlookers who can place custom orders. "We already have some designs completed, like a full range paper cone 3" driver in a wood enclosure," says Carney. "But the main reason for using this space is to come up with more ideas." To creating a living landscape for the sound, the space houses furniture from Amsterdam Modern, lamps from Niche Modern, and will host music events programmed by Sumner and Carney. "There will be in-store performances featuring bands and DJs the way they were meant to be heard, through analog equipment," says Carney.
The entire project will also be photographed by Ramon Felix, and published into a book that will be designed by Ill Studio in Paris.
Input : Output's grand opening will be this Friday, May 20, from 7-11pm. Musical selections from special guests David Holmes, Eddie Ruscha, Eug, and Nitedog.
Space 15 Twenty
1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
see u there!
I'll have my ears to the speaker,
and my heart in the disco skies.
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