Artist: Alexander Höglund
Title: SUBSTANCE
Format: Clear Vinyl 12″
Label: DND INT.
Cat nr: –
Genre: Sound art
Tracklist
A1 ALVEDON – paracetamol 4’33
A2 TREO – acetylsalicylic acid and caffeine 4’00
A3 BAYER ASPIRIN C – acetylsalicylic acid and C-vitamin 5’02
A4 APOFRI – acetylsalicylic acid and caffeine 3’55
A5 PANADOL – paracetamol 2’22
B1 RATIOPHARM – paracetamol 5’00
B2 BAMYL – acetylsalicylic acid and caffeine 4’30
B3 SOLPADEINE – paracetamol and caffeine 2’05
B4 DISPIRIN ASPIRIN – acetylsalicylic acid 4’19
B5 PANADOL – paracetamol 4’00
Clear vinyl
Concept and art work by Alexander Höglund
Recording studio/mix by Wind wind, Rabbit Hole Studio
Audio Mastering by Jonas Siöström, Dynamic audio
SUBSTANCE is a sound work on a 12” LP vinyl record. It includes 11 tracks each with a recording of a dissolving painkiller tablet. The tracks display variation in audio as the tablets dissolve due to the medicines different chemical properties and physical design such as size and thickness. The painkillers have been ordered from E-bay and shipped from around the globe.
Text from alexanderhoglund.com
