Exhibited.
Watch This Space, Alice Springs, 1996.
Materials. Steel wrenches, Copper Antennae, Scientific Glassware, Grubs.
Dimensions 10m x 3m x 3m.
Notes
My approach to the sonic domain has always been informed by a Sculptor’s perspective, emphasising the experiential nature of sound that links sonic events to the dynamic, material eventsthat produce them, as well as to the architectures and environments that contain and propagate them.The current work “Interferences”...
Ah, it now seems a luxury to have had the time to play around with cardboard and glue, making miniature structures!
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The Audio Nomad project is an exciting new development in Australian Research and Development that combines the skills and talents of Artists with those of Scientists in an imaginative collaboration that is developing technologies to support and deliver creative public sound-art events. Our specific interests are in location sensitive, mobile audio systems that generate immersive sound experiences. Our approach is to mould our research and development around the real...
Between June 2004 and February 2005 Nigel Helyer worked as an Artist in Residence at the Paul Scherrer Institut, one of Switzerland’s largest research laboratories. The Following is extracted from the Institut publication ‘Aktuell’.
How might an Artist approach the Paul Scherrer Institut, which by any standards, is a complex intellectual and social organism? My strategy, simplistic though it may seem, has been to imagine PSI as eco-system, or more specifically,...
The “Chant’” audio installation on show at the National Gallery of Australia as part of the National Sculpture Award, bathing the space with the Om mantra.
The ten bronze Buddhas were cast from a 400 year old Buddha image in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Each Buddha is fitted with an FM radio system and the installation is fed with a mini-FM audio signal. Originally mounted in the vaulted foyer of the AGNSW as part of the “Buddha; Radiant...
“LifeBoat” is a prosaic title indicating both the physical reality (the project is contained within a fully weatherproofed ship’s lifeboat) and somewhat more conceptually, as the lifeboat has become home to a Biotechnology lab; a home to the processes of life itself. On a metaphorical level, this project is designed to deal with concepts of sustainability, survival and notions of biological, cultural and ideological re-generation, and naturally its obverse, the...
Year : 1984
EXHIBITED
Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, UK (1984)
MATERIALS
Section 1, Vessel elements: pit fired/blackened earthenware.
Section 2: - Pillars: wood and metal-lath armature with raw clay cladding (air dried).
Section 3: - Vessel/lamp elements: copper foil, stoneware; paraffin lights.
DIMENSIONS
Overall floor Coverage: 14m x 8m (112m2)
Section 1: - Max. linear dimension 20cm (x220 elements)
Section 2: - 3.30m x 1.20m dia. at base (x2)
Section 3:...
Year : 1992
Exhibited. As part of the Working in Public project, John Barrett-Lennard and ArtSpace, Sydney, 1992.
Materials. Steel Bell, Performer, Radiophonic Broadcast.
Dimensions. 25m x 12m overall installation ~ performance space with Nationwide live broadcast at Midnight for 21 days.
Notes. The Story so far…Catalogue text for Working in Public.
Field Notes from An UnRequited Space.
I found a small transistor…sometimes I get batteries as...
A collaborative project with Simo Alitalo.
Exhibited.
Nykytaiteen Museo, Helsinki (Kiasma) 1999.
Auckland City Art Gallery 1999.
And as radio broadcast for YLE Finland and ABC Australia.
Materials. Multi Channel 3D audio system, Underwater audio system, Life-rafts, Hydrophones.
Dimensions. Installation footprint 12m x 12m x 3.5m
Notes. The Transit of Venus is a major project proposed in the form of a series of International exhibitions, broadcasts and Interactive...
