Panos Couros, Jonathan Jones, Ilaria Vanni
THE PERFORMANCE SPACE, SYDNEY
3 OCTOBER – 1 NOVEMBER 2003
A collaborative installation incorporating sound, text and objects discussing the history of the appropriation and colonial dissemination of Aboriginal artifacts in Australia.
A 10 channel linear soundscape run from tape loops situated along the inner apex of the old glass walkway from Circular Quay to the Opera House. The sound was reconstructed rainforest sounds from Wian Wian state forest. Festival of Sydney Jan 1992.
This soundscape, driven by cassette loops and operated live throughout played daytime rainforest environments which in the evening traversed to night scapes, incorporating music from the operas that were playing on the night. Audiences leaving the Opera House would hear distant verses of the opera through a forest of night creature sounds.
A 3 part sound Installation created in collaboration with Wayne Stamp at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney) exhibition Sound In Space: Adventures in Australian Sound Art (July 1995) curated by Rebecca Coyle and Allessio Cavallaro.
The work comprised of an 8 metre concrete pipe (Line C) situated outdoors in front of the MCA, mounted with an 18″ driver creating a large acoustic canon. The second stage (Line B) was situated at the old front door of the MCA, with speakers mounted overhead as people enter. This played pulsar sounds recorded at Parkes Observatory. Line A was situated on the fourth floor, where the listener wore headphones whilst standing on a square of recycled human waste.
Featuring Wayne Stamp, Panos Couros, Anthony Babicci, Chris Ryan, Branco and pulsar sounds from Parkes Radio Telescope.
Full work can be heard here
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