Sensation and the Measure of Timbre: Florian Hecker’s Resynthese FAVN Revisiting Mallarmé’s Scene

A discussion of a sound art/music installation by Florian Hecker in relation to classical music of the late 19th century, dance in the early 20th century, the history of experimental music since the 1940s, art installation, the synthesis of perfume, the quantum mechanical approach to sound, and the poetry of Stéfane Mallarmé.