Audium VI premiered in 1975 at the grand opening of Audium’s current home on 1616 Bush Street. The new building set the stage for the most ambitious Audium work yet. Stan Shaff & Doug McEachern’s dream of a fully composable environment was realized with speakers & art in the lobby, a 36-speaker sound labyrinth to guide audiences in the main space, and 136 speakers to control real-time spatialization in the main space.
The sound of Audium VI continues in the mold of musique concrète that had defined Audium’s first decade of presentations, alternating between short elertronic passages and long-form field recordings that envelop the audience.
Mapping of a Brainstorm on Audium
Schematic Draft for Sound Movment Control Board
Press Release
Press Release (page 2)
Stemple’s: Audium’s predecessor at 1616 Bush Street was a bakery.
Construction of the inner walls
Construction of the ceiling
Audium VI Press Release
Stan Shaff: Description of personal composing techniques for space
Circa 1970
Stan Shaff’s notes on Audium
Invitation Letter to Berkeley School of the Blind
February 9, 1976
Audium VI Review by Philip Elwood
San Francisco Examiner
Jan 24, 1976
Wires underneath the control board
Doug – What are you doing?!
Audium VI Review
Los Angeles Times
Oct 12, 1976