Heavy Metal

Drummond, JR; Helyer, N

Heavy Metal

Drummond, JR

Helyer, N

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dc.contributor.author	Drummond, JR https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2146-6171	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Helyer, N	en_US
dc.date	2016-09-24	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Heavy Metal	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/81461
dc.format	Installation	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Heavy Metal	en_US
dc.title	Heavy Metal	en_US
dc.type	Exhibition
utslib.location	Siteworks 2016 Bundanon	en_US
utslib.for	1905 Visual Arts and Crafts	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.consider-herdc	true	en_US
pubs.finish-date	2016-10-30	en_US
pubs.place-of-publication	Siteworks 2016 Bundanon	en_US
pubs.start-date	2016-09-24	en_US
pubs.rights-statement	Heavy Metal is an interactive gallery installation. Research background This research sits in FOR 190504 Performance and Installation Art. Densil Cabrera has employed sonification techniques for listening to seismic data sets. David Worrall has demonstrated the use of sonification techniques to interpret stock market data. Stephen Barrass has explored the revisualisation of sonifications in sculptural forms. The research question addressed by this project is: how can sonification and visualisation techniques be combined to engage audiences with the colours, pigments, and elements used in Arthur Boyd’s paintings and their connection to the surrounding environment? Research Contribution Heavy Metal demonstrates an original of sonification and visualisation techniques to interact with Arthur Boyd’s paintings in his studio to discover a hidden world of elements and minerals in an experience that is simultaneously chemical, visual and musical. Custom software and hardware were developed to enable the minerals present in the paintings to be visualised via colour ratios and a periodic table display. The sonification was implemented through the use of samples made from Arthur Boyd’s Steinway piano in the artist’s home. The sonification of the paintings has two components: a generalised harmonic chord structure that corresponds to the colour sounded with piano string resonances, with individual note highlights illustrating the most prominent minerals. Research Significance This work was selected for Siteworks 2016 as part of the “When Science Meets Art” research project funded by the Australian Research Council, Macquarie University, Bundanon Trust and the Australia Council for the Arts.	en_US
pubs.rights-statement	Heavy Metal: Nigel Helyer and Jon Drummond Heavy Metal is an interactive gallery installation. Research background This research sits in FOR 190504 Performance and Installation Art. Michael Sadler explored the synesthetic relationship between music and colour in the artworks of Kandinsky. Michael Poast has researched history of colour/sound relation-ships in the music of Scriabin, Schoenberg, Cage, Penderecki, Ligeti, and Messiaen. Stephen Barrass has pioneered the technique of sonification of data sets. The research question addressed by this project is: If we are to raise awareness of the environmental context and impact of Boyd’s artworks through sonification and visualisation, what processes best support this aim? Research Contribution Heavy Metal developed original sonification and visualisation techniques to interact with Arthur Boyd’s paintings in his studio to discover a hidden world of elements and minerals in an experience that is simultaneously chemical, visual and musical. Custom software and hardware were developed to enable the minerals present in the paintings to be visualised via colour ratios and a periodic table display. The sonification was implemented through the use of samples made from Arthur Boyd’s Steinway piano in the artist’s home. Through these sonic and visual metaphors audiences engaged with both the colours, pigments, and elements used in Arthur Boyd’s paintings and the elements and minerals laying buried in the surrounding landscape tracing diagrams of human activity. Research Significance This work was selected for Siteworks 2016 as part of the “When Science Meets Art” research project funded by the Australian Research Council, Macquarie University, Bundanon Trust and the Australia Council for the Arts. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/arthur-boyds-paintings-turned-into-music-for-siteworks-20160921-grkvzv.html http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/soundproof/heavy-metal/8137154 http://www.sonicobjects.com/index.php/sonicobjects/more/heavy_metal/ https://bundanon.com.au/2016-Artworks/heavy-metal-nigel-helyer/	en_US

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