Category: Installation
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Re-Entry Vehicle; Natural Science in the Spirit World
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…
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Naughty Apartment
Exhibited. RMIT project Gallery, Melbourne 2003 as part of “House of the Future” + The Moores Building Fremantle as part of the Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth 2004. + 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…
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Mute in TalkTown; the sweet warm breath of science
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…
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Leaven
Exhibited. The Palmhouse, Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney 1999. Materials. Ceramic, Sourdough, Zinc, Timber, Audio electronics. Dimensions. Footprint 19m x 7m x 3m. Notes. A botanical garden puts down its roots towards Eden, a small part of paradise planted on ground with a fair claim to being Eden itself. The garden is in effect a confluence…
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Gyro-Diva
Exhibited. Artspace, Sydney 1993, Gallery X, Tokyo 1993, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland 1994. Materials. Turbines, mahogany and steel, support system, yacht wire and aluminium, compressor and air control equipment, x4 stools, music stand with “Ionisation” by Edgar Varese, x3 mechanical toys in oil baths on steel supports. Dimensions. Installation footprint – 4m x 8m x3m.…
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Haiku
Exhibited. Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney 2003. Materials. Stainless steel, Aluminium, Audio and Solar electronics. Dimensions. Footprint variable, each unit 300m dia. x 3.5m. Notes. Haiku is a multi-part solar-powered environmental sound sculpture that distributes a series of traditional Japanese poems via miniature digital audio storage units operated by solar timers. Haiku is illustrated whilst installed…
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Everything’s Nice with American Rice
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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Drift
Exhibited. “Drift” was commissioned by Hull Time Based Arts of Hull, UK for TooT (Totally out of Tune) festival 1999. Materials. Sidewinder Trawler, Multichannel audio and wood and Aluminium sculptural element. Dimensions. Installation footprint 15m x 10m x 4m. Notes. The work “Drift” is a dynamic 3 D spatialised soundwork installed in the fish hold…