Die Posaune

Die Posaune is a sound art installation that explores the sonic possibilities of the slide trombone as a self-generating sound object. The trombone, essentially a variable-length tube, is appropriated in this work as an enclosure for propagating microphone feedback. The proposed realization features eight self-sounding trombones, spatially arranged to create an immersive and generative soundscape. Viewers can interact with the installation by engaging the rope and pulley system that controls each instrument’s slide mechanism.


Die Posaune is a sound art installation that explores the sonic possibilities of the slide trombone as a self-generating sound object. The trombone, essentially a variable-length tube, is appropriated in this work as an enclosure for propagating microphone feedback. The proposed realization features eight self-sounding trombones, spatially arranged to create an immersive and generative soundscape. Viewers can interact with the installation by engaging the rope and pulley system that controls each instrument’s slide mechanism.

About the artist(s)

Kalun Leung is a trombonist, improvisor, composer and creative technologist based in Brooklyn, New York. His work as an instrumentalist is motivated by the exploration of new and unexpected contexts in which the trombone can thrive. This ongoing research-based approach has manifested in audiovisual performances of Keith Haring’s unpublished computer art and a Fluxusinspired trombone sound sculpture. He is a member of the movement and sound improvisation collective ECHOensemble, Eco-Music Big Band, and has a solo project involving electroacoustic improvisation