I used a simple no-input setup – just 4 loops without any effects pedals as I wanted to keep the sound quite uniform as they would be layered after. Also the style I was going for was more of a noise wall sound compared to my usual performance improvisation (which focuses on more select noises) to match what I felt from some of the images. I find this process interesting as I remove myself as a performer improvising with a compositional mindset for me to then go through and put cut and layer and put together later.
Although the images came first and I improvised these sounds while watching them, I had an idea of what the noise would sound like when taking the photos as I have composed like this before in previous projects. Thus creating a loop where both sound and image give and take from each other. The technology becomes the material like in many noise music pieces and techniques. Creating this contrast between that and nature was also intentional where you are forced into the uncomfortable middle ground where you cant recognise which one is alien and wrong.
The final noise piece lasts just 2 minutes to be equal to the 2 minute slideshow of 12 images further underlying the balance between the two separate elements. It eventually will loop meaning the audience to the installation wont be able to tell which came first. This sequential idea was to underline and draw focus to the noise which is the ultimate aim of the piece. And it contributes to the larger theme of juxtapositions: black and white; big or small; noise in darkness and silence in light; static and motion; inside and outside… Questioning what noise can be and if its ever on or off, right or wrong.