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Bits & pieces : installation

by Vincent Giles (2015)

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Work Overview

This set of pieces, commissioned by Melbourne Fringe festival, responds to the space at Auction Rooms in two ways: the most essential part of a cafe - the coffee, and the ambient sound that fills such a space. The idea of listening on smart devices/personal listening devices reflects the fairly obvious observation that a huge amount of people do this anyway, so to have cafe sounds - essentially randomised in the second piece - permeating this enclosed, personal listening space, is interesting to me. Especially while trying to go about the regular activities that are undertaken in a cafe. I am also attempting to engage people in their sonic environment more actively. By drawing their attention to sounds in this space, I hope that the same increased sonic awareness carries throughout the rest of their lives; or at least the rest of their day.

Bits & Pieces
Is a sonification of the data of a coffee selected by Auction Rooms, analysed by mass spectrometry. It is also a response to that data through rhythmic articulation, again using the data.

Put Together To Present
Is a work that responds to and engages with the sonic environment at Auction Rooms.

Work Details

Year: 2015

Instrumentation: Web-based installation.

Duration: 8 min.

Commission note: Commissioned by Melbourne Fringe Festival.

First performance: 2015. Installation at Auction Rooms, Melbourne from 12/8/15 to 4/10/15

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