Sonicobjects

The nature and culture of sound

Tag: sound sculpture

  • 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…

  • 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

    The 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 to some audio…

  • 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…

  • Swarm

    Swarm is the latest development of a series of interactive Theremin-based sound sculptures (see ‘Ariel’, ‘Caliban’s Children’ and ‘Quint de Loup’).  ‘Swarm’ is conceived to operate outdoors and is the first of the series to be solar-powered ~ the work is installed in the Werribee Mansion Park as part of the Helen Lermpriere Sculpture Award.…

  • What Survives

    What Survives

     

  • KellerRadioActive at IASKA

    KelleRadioActive ~ IASKA (October ~ December 2005). The history of broadcast media and communications technology has developed at an alarming pace over the last century and it is easy to forget the central role that radio has played in rural Australian communities, both as a form of entertainment and as a vital link. One of…

  • Magnus Opus

    Monsanto may have stolen the Native Medicines Novalis may own your cell-line and Microsoft may have locked up all the picture archives. But we’ve got your number! Visit Magnus Opus