M.A.R.I.N. will make a debut at ISEA2009 Belfast in August 2009. This first expedition, the “Irish Sea EcoLocated Residency”, will focus on Littoral cultures: how marine ecologies close to human settlements are perceived by scientists and local communities, and how our art & science research team will introduce new cultural strategies to interlace them.

The MARIN vessel in Belfast harbour.

This first collaborative residency aboard the MARIN craft, entitled...

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The first stage of the GhosTrain project will create a series of short Radio Broadcasts and a Podcast website focused upon the Redfern Locomotive & Eveliegh Carriage Works.  The project will address the oral histories and acoustic ecologies of Industrial culture.  The second stage develop this content into to a major sound-installation for TPS at The Carriage-works.

The work aims to create a series of ‘audio-portraits’ of the Redfern Locomotive & Eveliegh Carriage...

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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
http://www.pool.org.au/text/wireless_house/the_wireless_house_in_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 the history of...

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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...

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Sculptural installation with multi-channel audio and video components.

Exhibited.
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney 1995 as part of the “Sound in Space” National Sound Art Survey exhibition.

Materials.
Timber, audio-visual electronics, low frequency audio drivers.

Dimension.
x4 units @ 3m x 2m x 3m.
Installation footprint 10m x 8m x 3m.

Videotext.
Single channel continuous 45 minutes duration in French/English distributed to x4 output sources.

Soundtext.
x2...

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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.

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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A multi-source sound installation in two parts + accompanying radio broadcast.

Exhibited.
San Francisco Art Institute as part of SoundCulture 96.
National Gallery of Victoria in Contempora 5 (Now in NGV Collection).

Materials.
Siren section (x4 suspended units) Aluminium, perforated zinc, rigging wire, audio electronics.

Dimensions.
Siren units ~ 4m diameter x 0.5m horn diameter.

Installation.
Footprint ~ 19m x 13m x 7m.

Soundtext.
x4 identical units @ 74 minutes...

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