igel undertook an Artist in Residence at The Marine Mammal Laboratory (Tropical Marine Science Institute) of the National University of Singapore; developing a project for ISEA2008 exhibited at the National Museum of Singapore, July ~ August 2008. Run Silent, Run Deep creates a multi-vocal and multi-cultural AudioPortrait of Singapore – in particular the area around […]
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on June 7, 2008in arts and science, environmental project, Installation, interactive new media, Projectstags: arts and science, environmental project, interactive new media, sound sculpture
AudioMaze
on February 17, 2007in Installation, interactive new media, Projectstags: interactive new media, public art, sound sculpture
Quint de Loup II
on February 17, 2007in Installation, interactive new media, Projectstags: interactive new media, sound sculpture
uint de Loup II was exhibited at the Tin Sheds Gallery, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Sydney. Fictionalising Fiction! ~ Nigel Helyer. n the beginning: As a thirteen year old lad I was once left to kick my heels for the day in central London, along with a couple of friends. Being both […]
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on November 2, 2006in interactive new media, Projects, public art, radiophonic, Research and Development Writingtags: public art, radiophonic, social history, sound sculpture
he Wireless House is a public art project commissioned by the City of Sydney as part of the Glebe Point Road upgrade. The wireless House is located in Foley park at the intersection of Glebe Point Road and Pyrmont Bridge road and has an interesting history. And while you are at it……listen into some audio […]
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on March 31, 2006in arts and science, environmental project, interactive new media, Projects, Research and Development Writingtags: arts and science, environmental project, interactive new media
yren for Port Jackson plied the waters of Sydney Harbour, delivering a unique location sensitive, immersive audio experience aboard the M.V. Regal. The Syren project is part of the AudioNomad R+D project ~ a collaboration between the Artist Nigel Helyer and the Scientists Daniel Woo and Chris Rizos of the University of New South Wales. […]
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on December 21, 2005in Installation, interactive new media, Projectstags: interactive new media, sound sculpture

Sonic Landscapes
on July 8, 2005in arts and science, environmental project, interactive new media, Projects, sound sculpturetags: arts and science, interactive new media, sound sculpture

From June 1999 until September 2001 Nigel Helyer worked as an Artist in Residence at Lake Technology in Sydney, http://www.lake.com developing the Sonic Landscapes Virtual Audio Reality system. The project was funded for the first twelve months by the New Media Board of the Australia Council for the Arts under its Art and Industry partnerships […]
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on July 8, 2005in Installation, interactive new media, Projects, radiophonictags: installation, interactive new media, radiophonic, sound sculpture

Exhibited Installation form ~ Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1992. Radio Broadcast component ~ 120 minutes Opera for ABC Radio. Materials. Perforated Zincalum, Steel, Wire rigging, Audio electronics. Dimensions. Each unit 2.5m x 2.5m (diameter). Broadcast Structure. Text generated with interactive text programme. Human Vocals with synthetic orchestration. Duration. 120 minutes. Notes. Siren […]
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on July 8, 2005in environmental project, Installation, interactive new media, Projectstags: environmental project, interactive new media, public art, radiophonic, social history, sound sculpture

A marine sound installation for the Albert Dock, Liverpool, UK, and accompanying radio broadcasts. Exhibited. Albert Dock, Liverpool, UK as part of ISEA 1998. Materials. Marine Buoy + audio/electronics. Dimensions. Buoy 3m x 2m diameter. Sonic footprint variable. Soundtext x2 Audio Cd in random shuffle loop mode + Broadcast. Radio Broadcast; x12 broadcasts of x5 […]
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on July 8, 2005in Installation, interactive new media, Projects, Sculpture, social history, sound sculpturetags: social history, sound installation

Sculptural installation with multi-channel audio and video components. Exhibited. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney 1995 as part of the “Sound in Space” National Sound Art Survey exhibition. Materials. Timber, audio-visual electronics, low frequency audio drivers. Dimension. x4 units @ 3m x 2m x 3m. Installation footprint 10m x 8m x 3m. Videotext. Single channel […]
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