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: Sound Art
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)
untitled (2016)
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)
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.
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.
Stations of the Cross (2008)
Crows vying to roost on St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh, Ireland ‘recompose’ the Irish/Australian ballad ‘The Wild Colonial Boy’ in bells/organ/choir, with each point of the cross made active to their touch. If the crows were to cooperate and sit on each point for the duration of the tune, the bushranger Jack Doolan would be shot in the face. Thus the cathedral becomes […]
The Patriots (Waltzing Matilda) (2007)
A group of swimmers form a small temporary community. While waves play the swimmers as notes, this group calls to mind groups working on the fringes of Australian territorial control, resisting the waves of people and influence from abroad. […]
Newtown Shuffle (2005)
A colour-to-sound formula has been produced by the artist, by asking a cross-section of people to correlate a colour wheel with a musical scale. This formula has been applied to footage of a drive along King St., Newtown, Sydney – a section of road known locally as ‘the Newtown shuffle’ due to its […]