New artwork for portobello 2050

Heptapod B - Arrival - Johan Johansson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0ahB25FJ6o

Susan Philipsz untrained voice

From Figgate Burn to Burnstane Burn

Sci-fi

Hum, breath, whisper

Rising sea levels

Speculation

Storm Surge - Superstorm

Salt pans - coal - 1950

The storm surge in the UK (and Europe) of 1953

The bandstand is a lookout, a time capsule, a meditation space, a ritualised space, a mourning space

How can we face the future of unpredictable weather that we have brought on ourselves?

Sound installation sketches (dying starfish dialogue)

Sketches 1&2 would use the speaker pictured below.

Setup 1 The audience is sat in a chair behind a curtain, this will increase the intimacy and attention they give to the sound work. The lighting is two spotlights to increase the drama of the space and heighten the sense. The speakers hang from the ceiling and sit at head height, the audience is meeting the sound.

Setup 2 Does a similar thing to set up 1 but having the audience stood up, in a larger space gives more freedom for them to walk around the sound, again giving them another perspective on the work and a choice to move into the shadows of the space that not in the spotlight.

Setup 3 This sketch is an adaptation, which uses speakers on stands, I can test this set. up in the studio at ECA.

New sound work (dying starfish dialogue)

Sound work for a 5 channel installation, currently untitled. There are 4 tracks, 1 is stereo and needs 2 speakers and the others are mono so require 1 speaker each.

LISTEN HERE