Ondes Ondes is a public art commission for a new Marine facility at Henderson WA. The work is comprised of three elements; an outdoor kinetic work, consisting of six counter-balanced needles which interact with the wind; a series of interactive biomorphic sculptures that react to human movement via changes in their internal lighting and a […]
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on February 17, 2007in Projects, public arttags: environmental project, public art, 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 […]
Read More →The Wireless House
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 […]
Read More →Talking Stick
on June 27, 2006in arts and science, Installation, Projectstags: arts and science, interactive new media, sound sculpture
ttentive Listening is not something that many of us allow ourselves the time to do, dominated as we are by a constant flow of visual information, and so mindful of the demands of the clock. But listening, rather than simply hearing, is an ever present gateway to hidden worlds of detail and narrative; always close […]
Read More →Syren for Port Jackson
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. […]
Read More →Factory Spirit.
on March 4, 2006in Projectstags: public art
actory Spirit was a miniature public sculpture installed in the boundary wall of a major Buddhist Temple in Chiang Mai (Northern Thailand as part of the Chiang Mai Social Installation Festival 1993. Steel, Glass, model figurines and vehicles. 350mm x 250mm x 350mm – x2 units. This miniature public sculpture consisted of two factory/showrooms installed […]
Read More →Swarm
on March 4, 2006in Projectstags: environmental project, interactive new media, public art, sound sculpture
[Dropcap character=”S”]warm is the latest development of a series of interactive ‘Theremin’ based sound sculptures (see ‘Ariel’, ‘Caliban’s Children’ and ‘Quint de Loup’). ‘Swarm’ is concieved to operate out-doors and is the first of the series to be solar powered ~ the work is installed in the Werribbee Mansion Park as part of the Helen […]
Read More →What Survives
on December 21, 2005in Installation, interactive new media, Projectstags: interactive new media, sound sculpture

Spinner
on November 11, 2005in Projectstags: environmental project, public art
Spinner was created for the McClelland Sculpture Park (near Melbourne, Victoria) as part of the Sculpture Award 2005. Spinner is a crystalline form with a symmetry of six and is designed as a passive kinetic work (i.e. it can be rolled on its axis). The form is locked together by tension cables acting against a […]
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