Author: Nigel Helyer
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Mute in TalkTown; the sweet warm breath of science
Exhibited. The Performance Space, Sydney, 1990. Materials . Element #1: – Sax/Motor; Steel, Structural plywood, Flame manifold, Audio equipment. Element #2: – Laboratory structures (x2); Aluminium, Glass, Bunsen burners, Honey, Gyroscope, Tuning fork, Projection lamps. Element #3: – Top structures; Aluminium, Motors, Spinning tops, Power supply. Dimensions. Element #1: – 3.5m (dia) x 10m. Element…
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Meta-Diva
Exhibited.Nine Dragon Head Festival, Lake Teachong, Korea 2001.+Winner – Helen Lempriere Sculpture Award, Melbourne 2002. Materials.Aluminium, Audio and Solar electronics. Dimensions.Footprint variable, each unit 0.5 m dia. x 3.5 m. Meta-Diva displayed at the Nine Dragon Head Festival, Lake Teachong, Korea 2001. Meta-Diva is an environmental Sound Sculpture, designed for installation in wetlands sites. The…
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Metamorphoses
Exhibited. Elizabeth Bay House, Sydney 1997. Art Gallery of New South Wales 2000/1. Materials. Upholstery, Cast rubber, Aluminium, Audio electronics. Dimensions. Footprint variable x7 rooms. Individual units 05.m ~ 2.5m x7 works with identical soundscape. A singer who sings like a bird is an unproductive worker. When she sells her song, she is a wage…
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Leaven
Exhibited. The Palmhouse, Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney 1999. Materials. Ceramic, Sourdough, Zinc, Timber, Audio electronics. Dimensions. Footprint 19m x 7m x 3m. Notes. A botanical garden puts down its roots towards Eden, a small part of paradise planted on ground with a fair claim to being Eden itself. The garden is in effect a confluence…
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Host
Exhibited. Metronom Gallery Barcelona 2003. Auditori CAM, Alicante, 2003. Stanford University Gallery 2003. Ars Electronica 2007. The Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin 2011. Materials. X2 DVD projections, x100 Insect cages, x25 Laboratory stands, x200 Crickets. Dimensions. Footprint variable, individual units 2m x 2m x 2m. Notes. Host is an installation developed at the ‘SymbioticA’ Bio-Art…
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Gyro-Diva
Exhibited. Artspace, Sydney 1993, Gallery X, Tokyo 1993, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland 1994. Materials. Turbines, mahogany and steel, support system, yacht wire and aluminium, compressor and air control equipment, x4 stools, music stand with “Ionisation” by Edgar Varese, x3 mechanical toys in oil baths on steel supports. Dimensions. Installation footprint – 4m x 8m x3m.…
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Haiku
Exhibited. Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney 2003. Materials. Stainless steel, Aluminium, Audio and Solar electronics. Dimensions. Footprint variable, each unit 300m dia. x 3.5m. Notes. Haiku is a multi-part solar-powered environmental sound sculpture that distributes a series of traditional Japanese poems via miniature digital audio storage units operated by solar timers. Haiku is illustrated whilst installed…
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Everything’s Nice with American Rice
Exhibited. Everything`s nice with American rice” was installed in Matsudai, Japan as part of the Echigo-Tsumari Trienniale 2003. Materials. Fermentation Laboratory, Agricultural equipment, Rice. Dimensions. Laboratory ~10m x 6m x 3m. Rice and art have a strong bond in common, both are essential to our well being, both sustain and nourish us in different…
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Silent Forest
A multi-source sound installation in two parts + accompanying radio broadcast. Exhibited. San Francisco Art Institute as part of SoundCulture 96. National Gallery of Victoria in Contempora 5 (acquired for the NGV Collection) 1997. Casuala PowerHouse in the Nam Bang exhibition 2009. Materials – Siren section (x4 suspended units). Aluminium, perforated zinc, rigging wire, audio…