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Sound Circuit

Published 28 February 2008

If you hear strange sounds around Wellington and wonder whether it’s
all in your head, don’t fret.

A suite of four temporary sound projects, Sound Circuit, has been
commissioned by the Adam Art Gallery to take place in public spaces
around Wellington in March and April.

Sound Circuit explores the city through sound. It listens in on the
rumbles and reverberations of the city's streets and public spaces,
enticing audiences to re-think their everyday urban environments.

Wellington-based composer Dugal McKinnon has worked with Wellington's
GNS Science to construct a multi-channel sound installation based on
turning real-time seismic data streams into sound.  Speakers built
into the architectural fabric of Victoria University's Rutherford
House, will literally give voice to the constant geophysical processes
of New Zealand.

Sound designer/editor and experimental musician, Rachel Shearer will
install an ambient soundscape at either end of the foot tunnel that
runs into Wellington's Railway Station. She aims to gently engulf
pedestrians' senses as they walk through the tunnel, so distracting
them from their usual experiences, to create a moment of aural
suspension.

In previous work, Kaleb Bennett has staged 'audio actions' in
customised cars that take passengers around the city. For Sound
Circuit, Bennett further extends his interest in mapping the urban
environment by using a vehicle as a sound 'machine' which will
surprise and engage pedestrians as they walk the city’s streets.

Visual artist, composer and experimental musician, Dion Workman will
conduct a series of sound events, or musical movements that will be
staged over the course of a week in different public places throughout
the city. Performed by four players, each activating a
sound-generating object, these movements will describe a trajectory
across the city that unsettles its familiar topography.

Sound Circuit takes place as part of the Adam Art Gallery’s Sound
Check programme, an exhibition and performance series, which canvasses
the history and current state of sound/art in New Zealand.
 
The works will take place at the following locations:

Dion Workman: 13 - 20 March, public spaces around Wellington City
Rachel Shearer: 28 March - 20 April, foot tunnel linking Lambton
Interchange and Wellington Railway Station
Kaleb Bennett: 31 March – 18 April, streets of the greater Wellington
region
Dugal McKinnon: 28 March - 20 April, Bunny Street entrance to Victoria
University’s Rutherford House

In association with Paul Doornbusch (NZSM) and Mark Chadwick (GNS) 


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