PERFORMANCE WITH ELECTROACOUSTIC CLOTHESBenoit Maubrey (Free Lance Artist, Berlin) Electro-acoustic clothes are clothes equipped with amplifiers and loudspeakers, which make sounds by interacting with the environment. Often the electronics are adapted from one set of clothes into an entirely new ones. "Audio Uniforms" are "Sonic Costumes” that reflect local customs , themes, or traditions. "AUDIO GEISHA/Japan, AUDIO CYCLISTS/France, AUDIO HANBOK/Korea come to mind. In the more recent AUDIO PEACOCKS project wearable electronic instruments are constructed from polycarbonat plexiglass material shaped into a peacock’s fan-like plumage. The plexiglass surface is equipped with 16 loudspeakers (150 watts power), amplifiers, and rechargeable 12 volt batteries.The "audio-plumage" is highly directional and functions like an electroacoustic radar dish. An Audio Peacock can use its own site-specific electronic instruments or amplify and alter its voice by using a built-in microphone, sampler, and digital filter. Also, The Peacock can receive sounds from outside sources via transmitter/receiver and disseminate them in a space by orienting its plumage. VIDEO PEACOCK is the most recent performance project. It’s costume is based on the Audio Peacock, but is used as a mobile projection screen to visually enhanced it.. Video-taped images are projected simultaneously to the sounds on the costume. In a more spectacular sense the Peacock's own real-time image can be projected live onto its costume as a form of "video-feedback".xxxlinkswebpage http://home.snafu.de/maubrey/a brief hostoryvideopeacock pdf Less