In a meeting with Kate Carr I had a thought that the light and image equivalent of a contact mic was a pinhole camera. She made me aware of her friend back home in Australia, Claire Conroy who creates pinhole camera’s in trucks and vans. This idea of amplification links to noise music and the… Continue reading camera
Author: Lucas Yoshimura Wood
theories
The initial idea of exploring the relationship between light/image and noise and visualising noise came from my research into harsh noise music for my research project. Reading a lot of theories about noise music particularly by Paul Hegarty on the Japanese scene led me to think how I could apply them in a visual context.… Continue reading theories
Anthony McCall tate modern
As I wanted to work with light and projection in my work it was recommended to me to go see the installations by Anthony McCall at the Tate modern. His work was simple yet effective. Slowly evolving white outlines of various shapes projected in a dark, blacked out room with some smoke in the air… Continue reading Anthony McCall tate modern
imani mason jordan
A guest lecture that stuck with me this term was the first one of the year delivered by Imani Mason Jordan. They described themself as a writer for the spoken voice, the heard voice. Something I found very interesting at the time as I wanted to incorporate my voice or perhaps writing into my practice… Continue reading imani mason jordan
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My initial idea is to play with light/image in relation to sound/noise. What is the experience of one in the absence of the other? Also what is a loud or noisy visual? and therefore is noise light or dark? I wish to explore these abstract dualities in an audiovisual installation whereby the sound is separated… Continue reading 1
refection
I think the piece is successful albeit a little simple and rough around the edges. I really challenged myself to listen hard to mix everything evenly even when quiet. I’m not sure if the ideas behind it are conveyed directly, especially the uncanny in between reality theme, but the senses of nostalgia, identity, memory, intimacy,… Continue reading refection
Process
I started by laying out all the recordings roughly into Reaper. I also added the sound of a video I had taken of my bath fully draining. As this was the longest recording and had a clear end (drain gurgle), I thought it would make a nice base to layer the rest of the clips… Continue reading Process
inspiration
Thinking about the perceived authenticity of lo-fi, the documentary-like-ness of field recording, the nostalgia and feelings attached to memory, and the intimacy of sharing them I began thinking about reality. Ideas of fake authenticity, of recreation. I wanted to grapple with these different levels of perceived realness. In Nathan for you, Nathan Fielder parodies a… Continue reading inspiration
initial ideas
I wanted to use the “field recordings” I had occasionally taken throughout this year to throw something together. I wanted to make something quiet in contrast to most of my previous work yet still a bit chaotic and noisy. Originally I had intended to improvise live with these recordings but I ran out of time… Continue reading initial ideas
Reflection
We gained a lot of insight and feedback from the DM lab presentation both pratical and conceptual in terms of meeting accessibility needs. Cones over the sensor to make them more precise so that as you get further from the sensor, the sensor next to it doesn’t pick that up as a signal. Colours to… Continue reading Reflection