M.A.R.I.N. made its debut at ISEA2009 Belfast in August 2009. This first expedition, the “Irish Sea EcoLocated Residency”, focused upon 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 […]
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on August 5, 2009in arts and science, environmental project, Installation, Projects, Research and Development Writingtags: arts and science, environmental project, interactive new media, social history
Run Silent Run Deep
on June 7, 2008in arts and science, environmental project, Installation, interactive new media, Projectstags: arts and science, environmental project, interactive new media, sound sculpture
igel undertook an Artist in Residence at The Marine Mammal Laboratory (Tropical Marine Science Institute) of the National University of Singapore; developing a project for ISEA2008 exhibited at the National Museum of Singapore, July ~ August 2008. Run Silent, Run Deep creates a multi-vocal and multi-cultural AudioPortrait of Singapore – in particular the area around […]
Read More →Sculpture in the Vineyards
on October 23, 2007in environmental project, Projects, public arttags: arts and science, environmental project, public art
new work “Transformer” has been installed at the UnderCliff Vineyard in Wollembi alongside “Spinner” which remains in-situ from last year. y approach to the sonic domain has always been informed by a Sculptor’s perspective which emphasises the experiential nature of sounds, linking them to the dynamic, material events that produce them and situating them within […]
Read More →Syren for Port Jackson
on March 31, 2006in arts and science, environmental project, interactive new media, Projects, Research and Development Writingtags: arts and science, environmental project, interactive new media
yren for Port Jackson plied the waters of Sydney Harbour, delivering a unique location sensitive, immersive audio experience aboard the M.V. Regal. The Syren project is part of the AudioNomad R+D project ~ a collaboration between the Artist Nigel Helyer and the Scientists Daniel Woo and Chris Rizos of the University of New South Wales. […]
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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 22, 2005in environmental project, Textstags: reviews and press
Echigo-Tsumari Triennial 2003, Japan
The recent Documenta 11 and 50th Venice Biennale exhibitions spawned a plethora of critical articles intensifying debate round the phenomenon of globalism – on the one hand the global rise and rise of large-scale biennale/triennale exhibitions, on the other globalism as both curatorial theme and format of these exhibitions.
Read More →The Transit of Venus
on July 8, 2005in environmental project, Installation, Projectstags: environmental project
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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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 […]
Read More →Ship to Shore
on July 8, 2005in environmental project, Installation, interactive new media, Projectstags: environmental project, interactive new media, public art, radiophonic, social history, sound sculpture
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 […]
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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- Sounds and Sweet Airs
- Scribbly Gum Suites
- Tracing Silence; Ecocide and Omnicide.
- The Sound of Place; Environmental Artworks at Bundanon.
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- CrayVox Book
- CrayVox
- Law of the Tongue
- Padme
- EcoLocated
- Run Silent Run Deep
- Sculpture in the Vineyards
- Syren for Port Jackson
- LifeBoat
- Echigo Tsumari
- The Transit of Venus
- Sonic Landscapes
- Ship to Shore
- Everything’s Nice with American Rice
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