Ars Electronica; Vitae Brevis

This article originally appeared in RealTime Edition 82, Dec/Jan 2007 and is reproduced here with the permission of the writer and RealTime http://www.realtimearts.net

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THE SOUND IN THIS SITE

It is ironic that the website of a Sound Artist contains very little audio material.  This is, of course, intentional, the principal reasons being that I place a strong emphasis on the experience of a work in-situ, mediated as it is by the environmental context and the listening trajectory of the viewer/auditor.  Secondly, the majority of these projects are multi-source environments, often operating with interactive or dynamic elements that are virtually impossible to represent as a linear stereo field.


A method I have adopted, that in some part overcomes such problems of Audio representation of complex sound installations, is to develop parallel Radiophonic projects.  These Radio works are designed to give a general impression of the content and intention of the Installations whilst recognising the linear and more narrative form of stereo broadcast.


A range of ‘Sonic Archives’ may be ordered directly via this site for research and/or educational purposes.

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RANDOM QUOTES

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 worker because she directly produces capital.

Karl Marx, “Travail productif et travail improductif,” Materiaux pour l’economie.