During 2008 Nigel held the ABC Radiophonic Fellowship and developed a project entitled GhosTrain that deals with memories (and amnesia) surrounding Sydney’s Eveleigh Railyards.
The first stage of the GhosTrain project created a series of short Radio Broadcasts and a Podcast website focused upon the Redfern Locomotive & Eveliegh Carriage Works. The project addressed the oral histories and acoustic ecologies of Industrial culture. The second stage developed this content...
The Wireless House is a current 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.
Listen to some oral history material that we are collecting in Glebe ~ join the group to contribute
and check out Glebenet
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KelleRadioActive ~ IASKA (October ~ December 2005).
The history of broadcast media and communications technology have developed at an alarming pace over the last century and it is easy to forget the central role that radio has played in rural Australian communities, both as a form of entertainment and as a vital link.
The residency at The International Art Space Kellerberrin (Western Australia) developed a sound-sculpture project that investigates...
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...
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 Song was exhibited at the State Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney)...
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 minutes duration, stereo for bbc radio.
Notes.
A project proposal ~ Ship to Shore seeks to raise...
Exhibited.
Elizabeth Bay House, Sydney 1997.
Art Gallery of New South Wales 2000/1.
Materials.
Upholstery, Cast rubber, Aluminium, Audio electronics.
Dimensions.
Footprint variable x7 rooms.
Individual units 05.m ~ 2.5m
Notes.
A singer who sings like a bird is an unproductive worker.
When she sells her song, she is a wage earner or a merchant.
But the same singer, employed by someone else to give
concerts and bring in money, is a productive...
La Zona Del Silencio, co-produced with Tony McGregor of ABC Radio, Sydney.
Exhibited.
1. Mapimi Desert and Insurgentes Metro, Mexico City, October 12th 1992.
2. The Biennale of Sydney, 1992/3.
3. ABC Radio (x2 broadcasts, “La Zona” and “La Campana”) February 1993.
Materials.
1. Ships Bell and Radio Transmitter.
2. Mixed media Sound Installation.
3. Radio Broadcast + Audiotape publication.
Dimensions.
1. Theoretically infinite.
2. Overall installation 8m x 9m.
3. x2...
Examples of the Audio components of many Installations and/or their associated Radio broadcasts may be ordered as either AIFF or MP3 files on Audio CDR.
These limited edition discs are supplied with a printed label and sleeve identification.
Orders should be placed via email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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