Rainbow (variation no. 1) (2011) site
specific sound installation in window 30 min loop
Installation
view from the
National Gallery of Iceland
Presented with two sound exciters
(transducer speakers) on glass, an amplifier and a media player in the
National Gallery of Iceland, the transducer speakers were placed in a
window in the space of the exhibition Áfangar / Strides - showcasing a
part of the museums collection of Icelandic art from the 20th and 21st
century. As the viewer walked around the space of the exhibition,
voices from an unknown source filled the room until fading into silence
for a few minutes. The voices were the same as in part one but in less
layers so the viewer could hear from what it was made. Here I played
with the call of the voice where it offers no information but yet is
not quite singing. It is not quite rhythmic nor harmonious in a musical
sense thus not offering an emotional expression through cultural codes
of cords. Also as one chases rainbows I played with the chase of the
sound source but where actually there is nothing to catch or see. I
placed the transducer speakers on the glass of the window where the
sound reverberated, the glass and the architecture of the building
becoming the speaker.
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