I’m a Nomad not a Drifter, being Adrift is of course a different kettle of fish, as it implies an active surrender to the vagaries of the elements, be they maritime or psychological ~ I usually go for both!
The Adrift project was conceived and realised for the Memory Flows exhibition at the CarriageWorks in Sydney and comprised of two sounding vessels. My trusty sea kayak “Siika” pressed into sonic-service, equipped with a “Solid-Drive” transducer that transformed the...
Exhibited
AGNSW Perspecta, 1985.
Materials Triwall Cardboard, Velvet, Cast Iron
Dimensions 7m x 3m x 3.5m
Notes A stage set of gigantic proportions, or rather a normal room viewed from the prespective of a child. Castles and reverbatory furnaces, a liquid river of molten steel, or is it blood, flowing from the maw of a Bessemer Converter. Bouyant on its surface hundreds of pistols in rusty cast iron bob along towards a Throne setting surmounting...
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”...
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...
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...
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:...
A Sound-sculpture installation located in two sites.
Exhibited. The Muu Galerie, Helsinki, Finland and at the Cholera Basin, Helsinki Harbour 1996.
Materials. x2 Bronze Bells, x32 Voltaic cells and electronic circuits, audio equipment with ISDN telephone line. Zinc wall texts.
Dimension. Gallery installation :- 6m x 6m, Harbour installation :- variable.
Toll. This project was realised in the Muu Galerie, Helsinki, October 1996 as part of the “Sounds From Elsewhere”...
Exhibited.
The Performance Space, Sydney, 1987.
Materials. Section 1: - Pipe element: Rough sawn Oregon timber, Plywood, Steel fittings and industrial turbine.
Section 2: - Fan corridor: x 2 industrial turbines on timber mounts.
Section 3: - Bell element: Raw clay over wood and expanded metal armature, with plywood mould board attached.
Dimensions. Section 1: - 7m x 2m x 1.5m.
Section 2: - 2m x 2m x 1m (each unit).
Section 3: - 3.5m x 3m dia.
Notes. A Symphony...
Exhibited
W.I.N.D.O.W. Gallery, Sydney as part of SoundCulture 1991.
Materials.
Form ply exterior, Zinc speaker cone with audio system and x2 channel audio loop, Viewing ports with x5 military models and video screen.
Dimensions
Entire gallery interior, frontage access only.
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)...