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)...
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 category.
The salient feature of the Sonic Landscapes project waqs the juxtaposition of a fictive (but very convincing) 3D...
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.
Arizona State University 2002.
Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth 2002.
Stanford University Gallery 2003.
Boutwell Draper Gallety, Sydney 2003.
Materials.
Timber, Carpet and Prayer Mats, Facsimile Landmine and Mine detectors, Audio electronics x16 channel, projection.
Dimensions.
19m x 10m x 4m.
Notes.
In English we speak of mines sown in fields or laid somewhat akin to an egg, or perhaps a cunningly laid trap. This is a domestic and agricultural lexicon whose...
Exhibited.
Spectro Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K. 1982.
Materials.
Section 1.
Circle: Pigmented sand; carbonised wood; pit fired earthenware vessels (x8) (35cm dia); carbonised grain; seabird skulls/bones; metal blades; Polaroid photograph.Section 2.
Canoe: Steel and Weldmesh framework; clay; straw; steel wire; glass and mirror fragments (x8); Polaroids and associated negative waste; strip lights 40w. (x8).
Section 3
Tents: Wood; bitumen paper; bitumen paint; steel...
Exhibited.
RMIT project Gallery, Melbourne 2003 as part of “House of the Future”
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The Moores Building Fremantle as part of the Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth 2004.
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The Performance Space as part of “What Survives” 2006.
Medium.
Interactive Sound-Sculpture – plastics, metal and audio-electronics.
Notes ~ Fictionalising Fiction!.
In 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...
Exhibited.
The Performance Space, Sydney, 1990.
Materials .
Element #1: - Sax/Motor; Steel, Structural plywood, Flame manifold, Audio equipment.
Element #2: - Laboratory structures (x2); Aluminium, Glass, Bunsen burners, Honey, Gyroscope, Tuning fork, Projection lamps.
Element #3: - Top structures; Aluminium, Motors, Spinning tops, Power supply.
Dimensions.
Element #1: - 3.5m (dia) x 10m.
Element #2: - 2m x 0.5m x 0.3m.
Element #3: - 2m x 2m x 0.5m.
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Exhibited.
Nine Dragon Head Festival, Lake Teachong, Korea 2001.
Helen Lempriere Sculpture Award, Melbourne 2002.
Materials.
Aluminium, Audio and Solar electronics.
Dimensions.
Footprint variable, each unit 0.5 m dia. x 3.5 m.
Notes.
Meta-Diva is an environmental Sound Sculpture, designed for installation in a wetlands site. The work consists of a grouping of thirty individual units, each incorporating a solar powered digital audio ‘voice’ which...