Artists;

Here are some artists informing my experimentation and direction for 2011;

Stephen O'Malley

Stephen is best known for his work with Sunn O))), his use of ominous sound beds and crushing use of sheer volume to instigate a 'happening' or an 'event' which relate to ideas I'm developing around presenting sound as an item of worship. The following link explains this quite well;

http://youtu.be/TxVSDFTaFiA

Alex Grey


Greys' paintings examine the sacred and mystical content of our everyday existence, highlighting the 'magic' that exists within various stages, acts and sacraments that we all share. This aspect on 'the sacred' is particularly important to my current study, I'm transposing this methodology from visual to aural fields and trying to invoke a similar sense of wonder.

Dylan Carlson


Carlsons' slow tempo compositions are a meditative and relaxing experience yet at the same time, quite stimulating. The slow pace of the sound heightens attention to detail. Much like O'Malleys' compositions, this is music to be felt, rather than listened to. It's this sense of engagement that I'm drawing on from Carlsons' work.

Aaron Turner


Turner is involved in a lot of experimental sound projects, a lot of his work under the monikers The Lotus Eaters and House of Low Culture has a similar 'collage' aesthetic to the vein of work I've been focusing on. Turner is certainly a primary influence for this project, I've been paying particular attention to his ability to keep such minimal compositions engaging, as well as his pairing of visual imagery to his sound works. The matching of imagery to make a cohesive pair is particularly important to my installation plan.

Allyson Grey


Wife of Alex, Allysons' paintings look at the relationship between order and chaos as an interdependent tie. This idea resonates with my collages on a conceptual level as I am often fighting to maintain that same balance, trying to order chaotic or organic sound material like feedback or found sound by merging them into a composition. There are many elements in my collages which I have no control over and although it's not easy, it's important to just let these sorts of things happen - accept that you have no control. My collages attempt to maintain this harmonious balance between order and chaos.

Tonebutcher

http://www.tonebutcher.com/

Tonebutcher are a small company who hand wire their own line of effects units, their products are mostly noise generators and envelope filters. Recently, many of their items have been set up as art installations, which I'm sure would be a noisy affair but no videos have been released so far. Some of the ideas within the installations look interesting, I'm mostly just considering their various approaches to installing sound within a space. Some photos of these installations can be found on Tonebutcher's facebook page.