Category: Installation
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Quint de Loup II
Quint de Loup II was exhibited at the Tin Sheds Gallery, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Sydney. Fictionalising Fiction! ~ Nigel Helyer. 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 friends. Being both wary of getting…
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Talking Stick
Attentive Listening is not something that many of us allow ourselves the time to do, dominated as we are by a constant flow of visual information, and so mindful of the demands of the clock. But listening, rather than simply hearing, is an ever-present gateway to hidden worlds of detail and narrative; always close at…
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What Survives
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Virtual Spirit
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Voyages from Eden to Utopia; Hercules
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 (112 m2) Section 1. Max. linear dimension 20cm (x…
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The Transit of Venus
Exhibited. Nykytaiteen Museo, Helsinki (Kiasma) 1999. Auckland City Art Gallery 1999. And as radio broadcast for YLE Finland and ABC Australia. A collaborative project with Simo Alitalo. Materials. Multi Channel 3D audio system, Underwater audio system, Life-rafts, Hydrophones. Dimensions. Installation footprint 12m x 12m x 3.5m Notes. The Transit of Venus is a major project…
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Toll
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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A Symphony for Other Cultures
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…
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Siren Song
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…
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Ship to Shore
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…