TONLEITER (TONE LADDER)
an interactive musical ladder
A household ladder extended with sensors turns into a real musical instrument. The ordinary ladder becomes a TONE LADDER. If you step on a rung or touch it with your hand, a sound or rhythm is created that varies from step to step. An individual piece of music is created by climbing up and down or by touching several rungs of the TONE LADDER at the same time. Whether in pairs as a duet or with several people - a whole band is quickly formed.
Each sound played simultaneously triggers an associated light animation. The interaction of the visitors with each other and the TONE LADDER creates a new audiovisual live concert again and again. The TONE LADDER is the first interactive work by Christopher Bauder, which he created while studying at the Berlin University of the Arts almost 20 years ago.
Shows
2021 DARK MATTER / Berlin, Germany
2007 Classic Open Air / Magdeburg, Germany
2006 euroGEL / Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 Haus der Wirtschaft / Stuttgart, Germany
2005 German-Polish Year / Slubice, Poland
2004 21C3 / Berlin, Germany
2004 NEXT’04 / Copenhagen, Denmark
2004 Museum of Technolgy / Vienna, Austria
2004 Cybernarium Days / Munich, Germany
2003 Cybernarium Days / Darmstadt, Germany
2002 Pinakothek der Moderne / Munich, Germany
2002 GARAGE Festival / Stralsund, Germany
2002 Communication Museum / Berlin, Germany
2001 Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology / Berlin, Germany
Awards
2004 EUROPRIX TopTalent Award TTA
2003 Multimedia Transfer Award
Artists
Christopher Bauder
Music: Gianluigi D'Autilia / Christopher Bauder
Production
WHITEvoid
Photos
Ralph Larmann
WHITEvoid