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)
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.