Locate Yourself - Exhibition Catalogue - Robert Curgenven
Catalogue for Robert Curgenven's solo exhibition "Locate Yourself" comprising 6 multichannel sound and video installations in embedded structures http://www.recordedfields.net/installations/locate-yourself/
Catalogue for Robert Curgenven's solo exhibition "Locate Yourself" comprising 6 multichannel sound and video installations in embedded structures http://www.recordedfields.net/installations/locate-yourself/
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Locaonrecordings<br />
from 15Skyspaces,<br />
2ChannelAudio,<br />
ArchivePhotographs,<br />
InteracveMap,<br />
iPad,2speakers.<br />
2016<br />
Tople:galeryview<br />
withcrypt,viewingcube<br />
&soundatlas.<br />
Lower:Upperle:Sound<br />
atlasinaconwith<br />
visitorengagement<br />
Lower:Upperright:<br />
Soundatlas,screenview<br />
ofcompletesetof15<br />
locaons.<br />
Lower:Boom le:<br />
zoomedrightintoshow<br />
localcontext&canalfor<br />
locaon2-MuHKA,BE.<br />
Lower:Boom right:<br />
zoomedtoshowlocal<br />
contextandplayerwith<br />
imageviewerforlocaon<br />
number1-Tremenheere<br />
SculptureGardens,UK.<br />
Farboom right:<br />
Instalaonandscreen<br />
viewin-situ.<br />
Skyspacesandorganisaonsinvolvedintheproject:<br />
● TremenheereSculptureGardens(UK)–“Kernow<br />
Tewlwolow”(2015)<br />
● Museum vanHedendaagseKunstAntwerpen(Belgium)–<br />
“6m Skyspace”(1998)<br />
● Zentrum fürinternaonaleLichtkunst(Unna,Germany)–<br />
“ThirdBreath”(2005)<br />
● HotelCastel(Zuoz,Switzerland)–“PizUter”(2005)<br />
● MAK-ÖstereichischesMuseum fürangewandteKunst<br />
(Vienna,Austria)–“OtherHorizon”(2004)<br />
● WurthGruppe/SalzburgMuseum derModerne(Austria)<br />
–“BluePearl”(2006)<br />
● KunsthaleBremen(Germany)–“Above–Between–<br />
Below”(2011)<br />
● LhoistColecon(private,Brusels)–“Boulee’sEye“<br />
(2003)<br />
● YorkshireSculpturePark(UK)–“DeerShelter”(2006)<br />
● KielderWater&ForestPark(UK)–“CatCairn”(2000)<br />
● HoughtonHal,Norfolk(UK)–“Seldom Seen”(2004)<br />
● KilfaneGardens(Ireland)–“AirMas”(1994)<br />
● NaonalGaleryofAustralia(Canbera,Australia)–<br />
“WithinWithout”(2010)<br />
● Kulturforum (Järna,Sweden)–“Outside,Insight”(2011)<br />
● EkebergparkenSkulpturpark(Oslo,Norway)–“TheColor<br />
Beneath”(2013)<br />
A contextualy driven approach<br />
informedbyacompleteshi inthe<br />
perceptual engagement with the<br />
SkyspacesofJamesTurelunderpinned<br />
therealizaonofthisrecordingproject,<br />
Climata.Thesoundatlasisoneoffour<br />
outcomesfrom thisprocesthatalso<br />
sasaw adoublealbum,aninstalaon<br />
version in the NaonalGalery of<br />
Australia’sSkyspaceandquadraphonic<br />
concerts acros Europe including<br />
MaerzmusikFesvalBerlin& Palazo<br />
Grasi (Venice). The project was<br />
recordedenrelyin15Skyspacesacros<br />
9countriesinconsultaonwithJames<br />
Tureland with the permision of<br />
individualSkyspaceowners.Thissound<br />
atlasoffersaviewinsidethatproces<br />
andsimultaneouslythecontextoutside<br />
andaroundtheSkyspaces.<br />
A Skyspace isan architecturallight<br />
instalaon by American lightarst<br />
JamesTurelcomprisingaspecificaly<br />
proporonedchamberwitharound,<br />
ovularorsquareapertureintheceiling<br />
opentotheskyandoutsideworld.<br />
Climatareferstotheancientdivisions<br />
usedtomaptheinhabitableworld,<br />
from latudetothelengthofdays.This<br />
mapping ofthe inhabited world is<br />
reflectedintheseleconofthespecific<br />
15 locaonsrecorded from the 87<br />
Skyspacesworldwide.<br />
DuringayearofrecordingforClimata,<br />
eachSkyspacewasbrieflytransformed<br />
from anarchitecturallightinstalaon<br />
intoasoundinstalaonwhereyoucan<br />
heartheairmove.Listenerscan‘hear’<br />
the Skyspace and the surounding<br />
terainwhichshapestheairflowmade<br />
audible in that recording. The<br />
recordingsineachSkyspacecapture<br />
eachdifferentchambers’airinmoon.<br />
TheinsideofeachSkyspacebecomes<br />
likeasinglepipeofapipeorgan,a<br />
movingcolumnofair.Ratherthanranks<br />
standing inside a church these<br />
oscilangvolumesofairaredistributed<br />
throughouttheworld.<br />
Eachrecordingcapturesamicrotonal<br />
intervenonthatusedonlytwocustom<br />
oscilatorsandaportablespeakerto<br />
sculptairinsideeachSkyspace.This<br />
drives an architectural interacon<br />
betweentheSkyspace’sinteriorand<br />
exteriorastheairmovesthroughthe<br />
apertureintheceiling.Thisinterplay<br />
betweeninsideandoutsidehighlights<br />
changes In the weather as the<br />
movementofairfrom thetonesdraws<br />
soundinfrom outsidetheSkyspaces<br />
whilegivingrisetoanaudiblecontextto<br />
eachlocaon:throughitsspecificlocal<br />
sounds,heardbeyondthelimitsofwhat<br />
isseenthroughtheSkyspaces’ceiling.<br />
Thisconstantly changing movement<br />
throughtheceilingaperture,createdvia<br />
thebeangtonesfrom theoscilators,<br />
makestheairinthesespacesaudibleas<br />
aflueringsound–wecanhear‘air’.<br />
Thesoundatlaspresentsthemovement<br />
ofeachvolumeofairasaspaceina<br />
specificlocaon.<br />
Whilethedoublealbum versionofthis<br />
projectlayersthese recordings,the<br />
interacvesoundatlaslaystheproces<br />
bare,alowing users to play and<br />
combineindividualrecordingsmadeat<br />
each Skyspace to create theirown<br />
contextualy-drivencomposionsfrom<br />
someofthesame"notes"usedtomake<br />
thealbum.Inaddion,thesoundatlas<br />
alowsyoutoseethelocalfeaturesyou<br />
heararoundthesites.Thesatelitemap<br />
marksthelocaonofeachSkyspace<br />
visited and swaps the muchphotographedviewthroughtheirportal<br />
uptotheskyforafreshperspecve<br />
zoomingdownthroughtheairdirectto<br />
the Skyspace.From there you can<br />
browsephotosandasoundrecording<br />
from thesitethatyoucanacvate,shut<br />
offandlayeroneoveranothertocreate<br />
yourownshortcomposions.
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