Sonicobjects

The nature and culture of sound

Category: Projects

  • GhosTrain

    During 2008 Nigel held the ABC Radiophonic Fellowship and developed a project entitled GhosTrain that deals with memories (and amnesia) surrounding Sydney’s Eveleigh Railyards. The first stage of the GhosTrain project created a series of short Radio Broadcasts and a Podcast website focused on the Redfern Locomotive & Eveliegh Carriage Works.  The project addressed the…

  • Run Silent Run Deep

    Nigel 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…

  • Sculpture in the Vineyards

    [dropcap character=”A”] new work “Transformer” has been installed at the UnderCliff Vineyard in Wollembi alongside “Spinner” which remains in-situ from last year. [dropcap character=”M”]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…

  • WA Marine Facility ~ Ondes

    Ondes Ondes is a public art commission for a new Marine facility at Henderson WA. The work is comprised of three elements; an outdoor kinetic work, consisting of six counter-balanced needles which interact with the wind; a series of interactive biomorphic sculptures that react to human movement via changes in their internal lighting and a…

  • AudioMaze

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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…

  • The Wireless House

    [dropcap character=”T”]he Wireless House is a public art project commissioned by the City of Sydney as part of the Glebe Point Road upgrade.  The wireless House is located in Foley park at the intersection of Glebe Point Road and Pyrmont Bridge road and has an interesting history. And while you are at it……listen into some…

  • 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…

  • Syren for Port Jackson

    Syren 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. The…

  • Factory Spirit.

    Factory Spirit was a miniature public sculpture installed in the boundary wall of a major Buddhist Temple in Chiang Mai (Northern Thailand as part of the Chiang Mai Social Installation Festival 1993. Steel, Glass, model figurines and vehicles. 350mm x 250mm x 350mm – x2 units. This miniature public sculpture consisted of two factory/showrooms installed…