the crystal detector
Jez riley French & Pheobe riley Law
the crystal detector is based on material collected from Iceland, and from our on-going fascination with the possibilities offered by the interweaving of different elements of sound, image and text. Sounds that are not normally detected by our human hearing response / attention, often above or below our attention play an important role in the composition. Using extended techniques and hand-crafted devices, we listen to the sounds of minerals dissolving, the infrasound of the earth's rotation, and the ultrasonics of geothermal activity. These traces are interweaved with documentation of individual temporary interactions between specific locations in Iceland and photographic images, along with textual material by Pheobe.
two multi-channel sound works will be at Burning Man Festival as part of the latest Kugelauditorium sonic sphere installation.
https://www.kugelauditorium.com/
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Pheobe & I should have been in Ljubljana in March 2021 for a residency, installation & performance, but instead the work has been adapted for an FM sound walk, a radio broadcast of a new performance piece, a booklet (available as a pdf, including a link to a specially composed realisation of one of the 'scores for listening' from the series) &, perhaps, an installation at some point if Steklenik can re-open to the public.
radio programme & performance piece here
Presentation events of the new guest exhibition intended for the Steklenik Gallery, prepared by the artists Jez riley French & Pheobe riley Law
ìsland | fjorar - the crystal detector
FAMILY OPENING:
Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 12.00 in front of MGLC Ljubljana - location FM walk through Tivoli Park
EVENING OPENING: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 6 pm in front of MGLC Ljubljana - location FM walk through Tivoli Park
RADIO OPENING: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 8 pm on the 3rd program of Radio Slovenia - Ars program (with contributions from our friend Eliza Bozek)
ìsland | fjorar is a series of works based on material collected from multiple visits to Iceland, and from our on-going fascination with the possibilities offered by the interweaving of different elements of sound, image and text. Sounds that are not normally detected by our human hearing response / attention, often above or below our range play an important role in the composition. Using extended techniques and hand-crafted devices, the artist listens to the sounds of minerals dissolving, the infrasound of the earth's rotation around its axis, and the ultrasonics of geothermal activity. He interweaves these fragments with documentation of individual temporary interactions between specific locations in Iceland and photographic images, along with textual material contributed by Pheobe riley Law
the crystal detector - Jez riley French & Pheobe riley Law
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OH O SALINITY - by Pheobe riley Law
at Burning Man 2022
with new mixes for the 54 speaker Sonic Sphere / Kugel Auditorium installation, alongside works by Jennifer Walshe & Matilde Meireles An estimated 15,000 people accessed the sphere to listen over the course of the festival.
thanks to Merijn Royaards & the team for the invite & all the work in the sand storms of the Nevada desert.
Photos of Sonic Sphere by Kugel Collective
the crystal detector (extract).mp3