he Audio Nomad project is an exciting development in Australian Research and Development that combines the skills and talents of Artists with those of Scientists in an imaginative collaboration that is developing technologies to support and deliver creative public sound-art events. Our specific interests are in location sensitive, mobile audio systems that generate immersive sound […]
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on July 29, 2005in Projectstags: arts and science, environmental project, interactive new media, sound sculpture
Theorem
on July 29, 2005in arts and science, Projects, Proposals, public arttags: arts and science, interactive new media, public art, sound sculpture
Between June 2004 and February 2005 Nigel Helyer worked as an Artist in Residence at the Paul Scherrer Institut, one of Switzerland’s largest research laboratories. The Following is extracted from the Institut publication ‘Aktuell’. How might an Artist approach the Paul Scherrer Institut, which by any standards, is a complex intellectual and social organism? My […]
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on July 25, 2005in arts and science, environmental project, Projects, public arttags: arts and science, environmental project, interactive new media, sound sculpture
The lab floating in Oslo fjord. ifeBoat is a prosaic title indicating both the physical reality (the project is contained within a fully weatherproofed ship’s lifeboat) and somewhat more conceptually, as the lifeboat has become home to a Biotechnology lab; a home to the processes of life itself. On a metaphorical level, this project […]
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on July 8, 2005in Installation, Projectstags: arts and science, installation, soundart
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 […]
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on July 8, 2005in arts and science, environmental project, interactive new media, Projects, sound sculpturetags: arts and science, interactive new media, sound sculpture
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 […]
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on July 8, 2005in Projectstags: arts and science, installation, interactive new media, radiophonic, social history, sound sculpture
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 x7 works with identical soundscape. A singer who sings like a bird is an unproductive worker. When she sells her song, she is a wage […]
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on July 8, 2005in Projectstags: arts and science, installation, interactive new media, sound sculpture
Exhibited. Metronom Gallery Barcelona 2003. Auditori CAM, Alicante, 2003. Stanford University Gallery 2003. Ars Electronica 2007. The Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin 2011. Materials. X2 DVD projections, x100 Insect cages, x25 Laboratory stands, x200 Crickets. Dimensions. Footprint variable, individual units 2m x 2m x 2m. Notes. Host is an installation developed at the ‘SymbioticA’ Bio-Art […]
Read More →Everything’s Nice with American Rice
on July 8, 2005in arts and science, environmental project, Installation, Projects, public arttags: arts and science, environmental project, installation, public art
Exhibited. Everything`s nice with American rice” was installed in Matsudai, Japan as part of the Echigo-Tsumari Trienniale 2003. Materials. Fermentation Laboratory, Agricultural equipment, Rice. Dimensions. Laboratory ~10m x 6m x 3m. Rice and art have a strong bond in common, both are essential to our well being, both sustain and nourish us in different […]
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