Bryce and Cecil try out the wire. Bryce Grunden first worked with the WAP in 1993 recording the CD for the PICA/ S.H.Ervin Gallery shows we did then. He even worked in the PICA space with Tonya his wife. Then a big recording stint at Patjarr in the second half of '97. Now are together again and creating the 24 channel sound installation for the China touring show.
Cecil Bates is our first arts trainee and he is settling in. Cecil has worked with the arts project off and on for several months now and today was working with Bryce choosing the sounds of the town for the installation.
An important part of the soundscape we want to create are different registers of the wind - wind being the great constant in this environment. As well as recording the wind passing through different trees, we also want to record wind over a 8mm x 50 metre wire under tension. What you see above is the test in the back yard - a short wire over the pick ups on top of the camera tripod and a grasp of the very simple technical issues we were dealing with. The end of the week should see all the recording and most of the logging of sessions completed, and allow us to begin conceptualising the immersive installation itself. Fun.
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