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Soundtrap IV: John Wynne

An installation for pianola, 300 recycled hi-fi speakers and vacuum cleaner

Preview Wednesday 9th September 6-9pm

Exhibition 9 September - 18 October 2009

Tuesday - Sunday 11am - 5pm

Performance event – 24 September at 7pm

Beaconsfield, 22 Newport Street, London SE11 6AY

A 32 channel digital sound controller throws a pianola and a collection of more than 300 recycled hi-fi speakers into dynamic relationship in John Wynne's new sonic sculpture.
 
The Soundtrap research residency at Beaconsfield has enabled Wynne to explore its architectural acoustics with precision. The spatial composition is informed by everyday noises reaching the room from beyond its walls and high-level audio tools have allowed the artist to experiment with the way in which computers can be used to, in effect, draw and sculpt with moving sound.  The three month research period has led to a computer-controlled installation, offset by the acoustic interventions of a modified player-piano powered by a domestic vacuum cleaner and re-programmed with a new score, encoded on its paper roll.

The Victorian technology of the player piano is well suited to the Beaconsfield building, which was originally a Ragged School for deprived children. I’ve used it not so much as a musical instrument but visually as a sculptural element and sonically as a kind of tone generator to explore the remarkable acoustics of the space.  The look and sound of the piece has developed gradually over the residency:  it hovers on the borders of sound and music, playing on the aura of the absent/redundant performer and on the personality and history of the gathered speakers.JW


See John Wynne’s research log: http://www.sensitivebrigade.com/Research_log.html

Performance Event:
On 24 September at 7pm Rex Lawson will give a rare performance of Conlon Nancarrow studies for player piano, and will join Ed Baxter and John Wynne in a discussion on sound art, player pianos and cultural redundancy. The event will be broadcast on Resonance FM.  Admission for the performance event is £5.  For bookings contact: info@beaconsfield.ltd.uk +44 (0) 20 7582 6465

Gallery 1 is not accessible to wheelchair users

Soundtrap IV: John Wynne is the fourth in Beaconsfield’s annual commission series for new sonic works and cements the gallery’s position as the foremost site for sound art in London.  

The artist wishes to thank his two assistants, Kimmo Modig and Antoine Bertin, Rex Lawson of the Pianola Institute, Richmond Sound Design and Harmonic Functions Inc. Beaconsfield is a Regularly Funded Organisation of Arts Council England.  

Beaconsfield
22 Newport Street
London SE11 6AY
info@beaconsfield.ltd.uk
+44 (0)20 7582 6465

http://www.beaconsfield.ltd.uk

 

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