The Polyrhythms of the Ear Canal II:
Performance
Once the ears’ sounds are amplified, polyrhythms are created that respond to acoustic information from the inside out
“Hearing has been imagined in the past as a percussive affair: the sounds of the outside world beating on eardrums. ”
Sound spectra accompany intervals of ear-borne tones to create sonic superpositions and distortion products. The subtly shifting rhythmic patterns act as psychoacoustic byproducts of repetitive melodies syncing in and out of phase. These high-pitched sound waves induce auditory distortion products and binaural beating, which causes ears to act as listening devices. What’s left are psychoacoustic illusions that convey fantastic width and space, yet the reality of what we hear is how our ears respond to acoustic stimuli with our ear-borne tones.
