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Authors:		Appleton, Peter.
Title:		Ama-Zone-Ian-Indi
Keywords:		animistic religion, multimedia, ritual events
Abstract:		This piece explores notions of animistic religion within an openended multimedia piece.The structure takes the form of a projected journey controlled by manipulation of objects and ritual events linked via sensors to digitally pre-recorded images and sounds. Observations and objects have become embedded actions within the navigable structure of the piece.This was first shown at the Consciousness Reframed and a later version at at Isea Terror 98. There the inclusion of live actions within tabletop scenarios created an ambiguity between present and pre-recorded events. The presentation ended with the lighting of a small fire just outside the lecture theatre within a small temperature sensing fireplace. The heat generated caused a virtual fire to be established within the computer providing warmth for the journeying subject of the piece. It would be presented within the format of a lecture with projected Digital Sound and image.A video camera would relay detail of the miniature table top actions to a Monitor or second projection alongside the Data Image. I would supply sensors and Interface which would be carried as hand luggage.

Appleton, Peter appleton@newport.ac.uk University of Wales, Newport “Pocahantas has misgivings about living in a digital matrix” A Multi-media piece with sensor links to a Live Performance. I.S.E.A. Conference Manchester Met University Sept ‘98. Recurring Technicolor Dream I.C.A. London Feb ‘98 Performance using invented instruments as part of 30 anivarsary of original event. Midi Water Piano at “7\8 of a Second “ Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham. 1996 (Commisioned for Visual Experiments In open Air Music. One day event presenting Experimental sound with visual content.) Solar Sound Boxes Installation Glastonbury Festival 1995 Sample Sound Boxes re-sampled with sounds appropriate to the Glastonbury setting. Windsor jazz festival 1991 Performed piece using Invented Instruments with sampling and sequencing. With Jonny Easterby. Filmed by Windsor Cable TV and audio recording by Thorn EMI using new 3-D digital recording system. Water Rising 1993 Audio C.D. 1011760 096024 Track Distributed by Cargo. Released on Extreme Records, Melbourne ( A compilation Album of Artists recording on the Extreme label.) Songs From the Shed Audio C.D.Solo Album 2324-86054-2 1993 Distributed by Cargo. Recorded on Extreme Records. Melbourne. God Songs Tenkawa Shrine Japan. 1989 Performed as part of trio with Michael Brookes and Brian Eno on his piece commissioned for the inauguration of the new Shinto temple in Tenkawa. Used Invented Instruments. Commissioned Work Includes: Solar Spinning solar powered rotating Steel Sculpture for Orb Steels Newport. commisioned for their Centenary Celebrations through “Fusion” U.W.C.N. completion December ‘98. The State of sea Tate Gallery St Ives. 1994-95 Interactive Installation using solar powered digital sound boxes and Laser transmission system which sent a Live video of the sea image carried on a beam from the First Floor of the Gallery overlooking Porthmeor beach down to the sunken courtyard in the centre of the building. Interactive Sound Boxes. ”Ha Ha “ Killerton Estate, National Trust , Devon 1993 “Contemporary British Art in an 18th Century Park” The piece was a further development of the solar waterboxes. Each of these boxes has eight different stored sounds. A movement sensor on each box triggers playback. Selection of sounds is random causing infinite juxtaposition and combinations of sounds. The sounds were taken from the environment of Killerton and included middle “C” on the family organ in the house . The boxes were set in a cross formation with the sensors facing inward . Moving in the centre created a quadropohonic montage. Solar Stream Garden Festival Wales 1992 This was one of the sculptures commissioned for the Garden Festival Wales, sited at Ebbw Vale. A series of recordings from acoustically interesting places were taken from along the length of a mountain stream in Breconshire. Each of these short pieces of sound were etched into Eproms allowing digital sound storage modules to be made. These were solar powered and the sounds looped to give the illusion of constantly running water. They were then placed at similar intervals to the sound events along the stream creating the spatial illusion of an actual stream as you walked amongst them. Because they were directly solar powered the volume and presence of the stream was affected by the amount of sunlight. Songlines Philip Institute, Melbourne Australia. 1990 Created during a residency at the University this involved the production of a tripod mounted instrument into which the viewer spoke or sang . This amplified signal was fed via an electro magnetic driver to a tensioned steel string. As the frequency of the string was found by the voice it would sound its fundamental or harmonics alluding to the acoustic principle of the tuned cavity of the Didgeridoo. This instrument was mounted on the first floor of one of the college buildings, overlooking a verdant part of the campus. The sound of the instrument was then fed to a modulated laser and the signal carried as light across a concrete area to the grass . Here the laser signal was converted back into sound and this fed along an underground tunnel until it emerged from a large exponential horn. The changing energy states and transductions of the voice alluded to the phenomena of Songlines. TV. and Radio Includes: Sea Landscape Sept ‘94. Commissioned sound piece 7 mins for Kaliedoscope. BBC Radio 4. Made in Cornwall. prog no 92FK6357LHO World of music 1988/1989 BBC Radio 3. Recording of instruments and interview as part of series about Global musics. Guestlist BBC Radio 1 1993 recording of soundposts overlaid with commentary about “ Ha Ha “ Blue Peter, BBC 1. 1987 Interview with a selection of sound sculptures presented live in the studio. Comment, Channel 4. 1987 Voice over with film of “ Music from sculpture” One Man Show at Arnolfini. Towards 2000, Australian A.B.C. 1988 Appearance of “Solar Device For Deep Field” Noises.Interview, BBC Radio France. 1988Recorded on roof of Queen Elizabeth Hall. Interview and recordings of weather instruments as part of “Sounds Unusual “ Southbank coverage.


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