Month: July 2005
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Aura
Exhibited. Annandale Galleries, Sydney 1993. Materials. Voltaic circuit in x21 Scientific Flasks, electro-magnet, Statuette of Ganesha, a Hindu deity. Support structure, Aluminium and yacht wire, x2 Aluminium stepladders, framed objects. Dimensions. 13m x 4.5m x 4.5m. Notes. My approach to the sonic domain has always been informed by a Sculptor’s perspective, emphasising the experiential and…
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Reading
SOUND THEORY Thanks to Larry Sider and the School of Sound form which much of this material is referenced. Attali, Jacques Noise: The Political Economy of Music (University of Minnesota Press, 1985) Bernstein, Leonard The Joy of Music (London, Weidenfield and Nicolson, 1954) Bernstein’s passion and enthusiasm for music jumps out of the page in…
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Links
SoundCulture. http://www.soundculture.org/ http://www.lns.com/sc96/
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Nigel Helyer’s Silent Forest by Doug Kahn
This essay is a version of the exhibition catalogue for Silent Forest shown at the San Francisco Art Institute as part of SoundCulture96. As a recent transplant to Australia, I welcomed the opportunity to write about this work, to introduce it to the city where I have spent much of my adult life. In framing…
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The Plural Forest
The Plural Forest is lodged here, in an un-adulterated state, as a text that was written in 1994 primarily as a result of my research travels throughout northern Thailand and Vietnam and is co-incident with the gestation period of the “Silent Forest” project.
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Vist the Drawings Gallery
I have boxes and boxes of drawing books ~ ever since I was forced to keep them at Foundation College in Sussex. The weekly scrutiny of our books was at first excruciating for me (convinced I would never be comfortable drawing) now it gives me delight, even though I simply draw to think things through!…
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Radio Works: Order CD
Examples of the Audio components of many Installations and/or their associated Radio broadcasts may be ordered as either AIFF or MP3 files on Audio CDR. These limited edition discs are supplied with a printed label and sleeve identification. Orders should be placed via email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with the…
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Sample Content Of Radio Works as MP3
Some old favourites, mostly radiophonic accompaniments to sound installations and environmental projects.
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Big Bell Beta
Exhibited. Element #1: – Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Western Australia 1989/1990. Element #2: – Big Bell (ghost) town, Western Australia 1989/1990. Materials. Element #1: – Big Bell structure; Structural Plywood, Sound cone, voice sound-text. Element #1: – Drawings; Wax and Pigment on both paper and timber panels. Element #2: – Big Bell Audio Installation;…
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CV
Sonic Objects; Sonic Architecture Dr. Nigel Llwyd William Helyer Helyer_CV_19:04:2015.pdf sonic <@> sonicobjects.com sonique1 <@> icloud.com 62 MacGibbon Parade, Old Erowal Bay NSW 2540 Australia Mobile: +614 19 49 34 95 Mobile: +61 (0)4 19 49 34 95 Introduction: – The small Sussex fishing village in which I spent my childhood contained two significant buildings,…