GreyWing: Artificial Field Project
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Artificial Field interrogated works spanning 50 years and a range of approaches exploring the boundary between high fidelity representation of natural sounds and overtly artificial, manufactured recreations. This project to explore works for instruments and artificial field recordings culminated in a survey of works from 1968 to the present by Erickson, Turley, Barclay, Terren, Burtner, Mollison, LeBaron, Wolfe, Ablinger and Vickery, publicly performed and recorded by the Ensemble GreyWing. The recorded work was accompanied by published artwork by Michael Terren, and program notes and artwork by Vickery.
Integration of acoustic instruments included transcription of harmonic and inharmonic sound into notation using traditional and spectrographic transcription and including examples of visual spectromorphology (Blackburn), Instrumental mimesis (O’Callaghan), polytemporality, topographic and environmental data. The project explored an innovative and novel method for live spatial sound distribution using a mix of traditional and bluetooth speakers in non-traditional performance venues. The sound system was driven by iPads to facilitate such a system in an automated fashion and without a live audio technician. |
GreyWing Ensemble
Kirsten Smith - flutes Lindsay Vickery - clarinet/saxophone Jameson Feakes - guitar Catherine Ashley - harp Annika Moses and Michael Terren - voice Melanie Robinson - cello Phil Waldron - double bass |
Works performed and/or recorded
Peter Ablinger (DE) - Studien nach der Natur [1995, 2002]8:2
Leah Barclay/Lindsay Vickery - rising water [2018] 07:13
Ryan Burge - Simulacra II [2018] 07:08
Matthew Burtner - Mists [1996] 04:07
Matthew Burtner - Tingnikvik [2001] 10:14
Robert Erickson - Pacific Sirens [1968] 13:23
Anne LeBaron - Planxty Bowerbird [1982] 07:50
Mitch Mollison (AUS) - Egg-coloured sky [2019]
Michael Terren - As Rendered [2014] 12:16
Alex Turley - Dunes [2017] 07:15
Lindsay Vickery - Tokyo Avian Sound Ark [2016] 07:55
Lindsay Vickery - murmurs trapped beneath the bark [2014] 06:55
Lindsay Vickery - qaalup [2019] 09:20
Jocelyn Wolfe/Lindsay Vickery - willson's downfall - [2018] 08:03
Michael Terren - As Rendered [2014] 12:23
Vanessa Tomlinson - Sonic Dreams [2017] 05:40
Peter Ablinger (DE) - Studien nach der Natur [1995, 2002]8:2
Leah Barclay/Lindsay Vickery - rising water [2018] 07:13
Ryan Burge - Simulacra II [2018] 07:08
Matthew Burtner - Mists [1996] 04:07
Matthew Burtner - Tingnikvik [2001] 10:14
Robert Erickson - Pacific Sirens [1968] 13:23
Anne LeBaron - Planxty Bowerbird [1982] 07:50
Mitch Mollison (AUS) - Egg-coloured sky [2019]
Michael Terren - As Rendered [2014] 12:16
Alex Turley - Dunes [2017] 07:15
Lindsay Vickery - Tokyo Avian Sound Ark [2016] 07:55
Lindsay Vickery - murmurs trapped beneath the bark [2014] 06:55
Lindsay Vickery - qaalup [2019] 09:20
Jocelyn Wolfe/Lindsay Vickery - willson's downfall - [2018] 08:03
Michael Terren - As Rendered [2014] 12:23
Vanessa Tomlinson - Sonic Dreams [2017] 05:40