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Fire / by Suneeta Peres da Costa. Mecanica natura / by Caroline Wilkins.
Library shelf no. CDL 207 [Available for loan]
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Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 26 / Caroline Wilkins.
Library shelf no. CD 2389 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
The acoustic material for this work comprises recordings of historical and contemporary music machines from Australia, Germany and Hungary, for example a Talking Machine invented by a British artist living in Berlin, Martin Riches. In addition I use acoustic recordings of the natural environment in Australia and Europe, together with an earlier composition entitled ' ffffff...' which was directly inspired by Riches' flute-playing machine and by the sound of nature.
Through the connection of certain natural and environmental sounds a continually changing landscape is created, accentuated by machine-like sounds such as Percy's Laundry Organ, a sighing organ machine invented by Australin artist Rodney Berry. The sound material is distributed over several channels, the natural sounds occupying a broad acoustic space whilst machines and flutes appear from more specific areas. Almost all the machines are reproduced over a mono loudspeaker. The flute parts are distributed over the foreground and background acoustic spaces. A dialogue takes place through the way in which all of these complementary sounds influence each other within the field of listening. It's not about a narrative sequence of events, but events happening at the same time - in short 'parallel' worlds.
Work Details
Year: 1999
Instrumentation: For live diffusion 8 surround speakers would be required.
Duration: 30 min.
Difficulty: N/A - Not for live performance
Commission note: WDR Studio Acoustic Art/ABC Radio Art Sydney
First performance: 15 Jan 00. West German Radio electronic studios, Germany.
This work received the Karl Szucka Prize awarded by SWR for radiophonic work in 2000.
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Installations
- In the form/style of: Sound Art
Performances of this work
22 Jan 10: Broadcast, Studio Akustische Kunst, Cologne, Germany
21 Oct 00: Museum-Lichtspiele, Donaueschingen Festival, Germany
1999: Broadcast on WDR
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