Botanic Gardens staff listen to the trial of Cookaroo Flow in the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 2018 In the International Year of Indigenous Languages (2019) and International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022–32), this participatory, site- and culture-responsive audio installation utilised the natural flow of water to convey the voices of First Nations children in Australia and… Continue reading Flow (2018-ongoing)
Category: Public Installation
Zephyr (2021)
Materials: Wind turbine, battery, electronics. Wind responsive sound installation A wind turbine is sensitised to play one sound for each of 16 wind directions in a live response to the changing breeze. This self-powered wind responsive ‘instrument’ is positioned near, and calibrated for, compatibility with Erin Schloeffel’s sound boxes, Sonus. Erin Schloeffel and Allan Giddy… Continue reading Zephyr (2021)
Sonic Wells for Gallipoli (2016)
This most recent iteration of the Sonic Wells project connected Turkey, New Zealand and Australia via communal sound ‘wells’ over a three-month period in 2016 […]
England Expects … (2014) & England Expects … (Aotearoa) (2015)
The sonic output varies over time as the lines respond to tide height and wind strength, while a hint of things to come is ever present in the shipping forecast. The system is powered by the sun.
Home (2012)
Solar-powered planes of light imply a three-dimensional structure.
Earth v Sky (2012)
Lit from all sides, these two magnificent Moreton Bay figs respond to the changing shades of the twilight and night sky, visually complementing the sky’s hues in real time …
Sonic Wells (Cork/Sydney) (2008)
Wells, water holes, hot springs and billabongs were, until recently, central meeting points for communities worldwide. ‘Drawing’ on this global history, these ‘sonic wells’ communicate with ‘sister’ wells elsewhere in the world.
Sonic Wells (prototype: Beijing/Sydney, 2008)
The first stage of the ‘Sonic Wells’ project consisted of a sonic link-up between a bustling Beijing station and Sydney’s relatively deserted Olympic Park Station during the Beijing Olympics, 8-24 August 2008. Live audio from the street outside the Beijing station, combined with audio recorded inside, was streamed into the emptiness of Olympic Park Station, […]
Weather Cranes (2007)
Two heritage-listed cranes are rendered humidity and temperature sensitive. Each crane holds aloft (on its pulley wire) a set of switched, weather-responsive coloured indicator lights. One of these sets of lights responds to temperature, and the other to relative humidity.
Minor Attractor (Prototypes II & III) (2002)
Minor Attractor stores solar energy each day, utilising it at night to attract insects. The resultant artificial ecosystem is simultaneously displayed under the same UV light that is used as the ‘attractor’. […]