Tag: sound sculpture
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An Unrequited Place
Year : 1992 Exhibited. As part of the Working in Public project, John Barrett-Lennard and ArtSpace, Sydney, 1992. Materials. Steel Bell, Performer, Radiophonic Broadcast. Dimensions. 25m x 12m overall installation ~ performance space with Nationwide live broadcast at Midnight for 21 days. Nelia Justo tolls the midnight bell. Notes. The Story so far…Catalogue text for…
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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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The Lament
Exhibited. W.I.N.D.O.W. Gallery, Sydney as part of SoundCulture 1991. Materials. Form ply exterior, Zinc speaker cone with audio system and x2 channel audio loop, Viewing ports with x5 military models and video screen. Dimensions. Entire gallery interior, frontage access only. This small city storefront gallery was architecturally modified, replacing the normal viewing space with an…
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Sonic Landscapes
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…
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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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Seed
Exhibited. Arizona State University 2002. Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth 2002. Stanford University Gallery 2003. Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney 2003. Materials. Timber, Carpet and Prayer Mats, Facsimile Landmine and Mine detectors, Audio electronics x16 channel, projection. Dimensions. 19m x 10m x 4m. Seed at the Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth, Curtin Gallery. Facsimile Russian…
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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…
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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…