Sunday 27 March 2011

Oddio









                                                  

 During a recent collaborative project with artist Aine Belton ( http://ainebelton.wordpress.com/oddio/ )   entitled Oddio; everyday objects were chosen for their sound qualities. The pieces were both left in their original state and reconfigured or combined to form instruments. These instruments were then used   for the production of audio tracks. The audience were encouraged to create their own sounds from the instruments as well as to find inspiration from their own surroundings. Photographs by Aine Belton. 

Press release:

The title of the project is a play on the word audio and also an appropriate term for the sound sculptures or musical instruments which the artists intend to invent. The artists will work on site de-constructing and reconfiguring materials which will then be utilised for their sound qualities. The aim of the project is to promote the every day and ordinary sounds which surround us in our environments, ranging from minimal to obtrusive. Within this, the artists will combat how a ‘noise’ can be appropriated to a higher plane of appreciation. It can be said that music exists because noise exists.
Every moment of our lives we are accompanied or subjected to sound in our environments. It is with practice that we manage to tune out these intrinsic quirks. In comparison to music, noise is seen as a negative, an unattractive intrusion. With noise one associates disorder, with music we have an inherent sense of order. In an art context, the Dadaists and Futurists were first in experimenting with sound in their environments. It was with their embracement and appropriation of industrial noises that encouraged generations to explore noise music/sound art. In contemporary society the use of technology has allowed much advancement in the music industry. However, Belton and White are focusing on the raw qualities of sound from of ordinary everyday objects and found materials. The artists will investigate sound and musical
composition, creating sculptural pieces which will come together to perform a composition.
Through this project, Belton and White are addressing the idea of appropriating noise into sound. These experimental musical instrument/sculpture hybrids, while primitive in construction and aesthetic, can reveal the basic nature of a musical instrument.
Áine Belton has a background in video, sound, performance and photography. She is also a musician and plays many instruments including bass, drums and guitar which she has been playing since childhood.
Sharon White’s practice encompasses drawing and sculpture, most recently she has been working with found objects. Sharon’s work often involves disassembling objects in order to reassign a function.




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