I asked eight children why we (Australia) were aerial bombing in Iraq. Each reply, transcribed into Morse code, was looped and played through one of a collection of PA speakers mounted onto the exteriors of Buildings 18 and 20 at the Armory galleries Homebush Sydney. Thanks to: Ava, age 11 Giselle, age 2 Mia, age… Continue reading untitled (2016)
Author: allan
Curtain Tax (2017)
Huge blowflies can be seen buzzing around a living room, while tension is created by a silhouette lingering in a side window, apparently unseen by the watcher at the top of the house.
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 […]
Absence and Presence, Part 1 (2017)
An unsuccessful artwork that spans personal loss
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.
Night Swimmer (2010–15)
A Sisyphean swimmer toils relentlessly against the current. His single stroke, trapped in an endless glitch of video, pulls a moment into a string of moments, into a night of moments. This capsule of time, his personal bubble of ‘nowness’, ends only with each sunrise.
Home (2012)
Solar-powered planes of light imply a three-dimensional structure.
Shedding (Inside Out) (2011)
a collaboration with Atanas Djonov
An inner sanctum protected by a meniscus of steel serves as both shelter and platform. From this safe haven the two artists explore their feelings concerning time and distance in an attempt to
The Pont-Aven Leaves (2008-11)
Opened on the 8th July, 6pm, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland.
At 4 o’clock every Saturday afternoon the Pont-Aven ferry leaves Cork, Ireland on its way to France. Over the period of a year, six half-hour video clips of Cork Harbour were taken from the same vantage point. Each clip starts at precisely 4:10 pm but focuses on a different area of the harbour, so that […]
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, […]