Posts Tagged ‘Broken Records’
Artist’s talk summary
Below is a breif summary of my artist’s talk at Eastside Projects last week. Despite forgetting the laws of thermodynamics and John Cage’s infamous quote, “music is the organisation of sound,” the talk seemed to be well received. Many thanks for those who came to hear it, and to Liz at EP and Arlene for […]
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Tags: Aritst's Talk, Broken Records, Diagram, dubplates, Event, Field Recording, Local Artists, Photographs, Recording, Research, Sculpture, Sound, Sound Sculpture
At Eastside Projects this Thursday I’ll be giving a talk on my practice and my residency at the Rea Garden. The event starts at 6:30pm and is open to the public. I’ll be talking through some of my past projects, and discussing my research for the residency, some of the activities I’ve undertaken, and my […]
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Mapping the Site A way to get to know the site. A feel for its dimensions. Noticing features (walls, gate). Starting to feel serious, working on the site. Taking the site seriously. Exploration and discovery. Mapping uncharted territory. Limitations imposed by equipment (short tape measure). Some parts are difficult to access due to plants. Questions of […]
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Tags: Broken Records, Excavation, Found Objects, Mapping, Reflective Writing
Scan of broken record pieces
This week I bought a portable flatbed scanner with which to make some images on site. I’m planning to use it to scan the internal “walls” of some of the test excavations on site, to show up the bands of different types of soul, burnt matter, rust, coal, etc. Below is a test image of […]
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Tags: Broken Records, Mosaic, Scan, Shellac, Textures
Today in the studio I experimented with making sounds from some of the broken record pieces found on site. Initially I tried running the individual pieces over the stylus, but as the sections had only up to about 4cm of groove to play, the technique was limited. It was also difficult to keep the needle in the […]
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Tags: Broken Records, Mosaic, Recording, Shellac, Sound
Below are some scans of broken record pieces from the site. On initial inspection I thought the pieces were vinyl, but it turns out with a closer look that they’re shellac; so in all likelihood the fragments are from older ten-inch records.
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Tags: Broken Records, Research, Shellac
