{"id":255,"date":"2016-11-14T04:08:54","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T04:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garywarner.net\/?page_id=255"},"modified":"2018-01-02T03:45:02","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T03:45:02","slug":"soundtracker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.garywarner.net\/?page_id=255","title":{"rendered":"soundtracker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-254 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.garywarner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/soundtracker_installed_www-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"soundtracker_installed_www\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.garywarner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/soundtracker_installed_www-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.garywarner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/soundtracker_installed_www-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.garywarner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/soundtracker_installed_www-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.garywarner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/soundtracker_installed_www-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.garywarner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/soundtracker_installed_www-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.garywarner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/soundtracker_installed_www.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> <i>soundtracker <\/i> 2016<br \/>\n<small>digital audio files, playback hardware, bench seating, craft paper and cardboard constructions, shoji paper, scent, subdued light, dimensions variable <\/small><\/p>\n<p><i>soundtracker<\/i> is an installation sound work comprising five pentagonal pyramids containing five sound sources that surround a custom-designed pentagonal seating element. The space is presented in extremely subdued light &#8211; a small shoji paper circle above the seat and, across the room, another larger shoji paper circle, admit natural light that connects the space to the external conditions of the day. The installation environment alludes to the calming shadow-cloaked spaces elucidated by Jun\u2019ichiro Tanazaki in his 1933 essay \u2018In Praise of Shadows\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>The immaterial substance of the work is fifteen hours of audio files, a subset of selected and\u00a0prepared excerpts from the library of field recordings I\u2019ve made over the past 40 years. These\u00a0excerpts, on average, are about six minutes duration. Each of the five playback units stores\u00a0about 40 files and is programmed for endless shuffle-play. This randomised, asynchronous\u00a0playback establishes the continuously recombinant surround-sound sonic-poetic atmosphere\u00a0of soundtracker.<\/p>\n<p>Dispersion of vaporised botanical oils subtly scents the\u00a0bespoke listening space that emulates the ethereal darkness of a forest night.<\/p>\n<p>The work premiered at ES74 Gallery, 74 O&#8217;Riordan Street, Alexandria Sydney Australia<br \/>\n17 November &#8211; 04 December 2016. \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.es74gallery.com\" target=\"_blank\">es74gallery.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/192410737\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>soundtracker at Bundanon,\u00a0NSW<\/b>   April-May 2017<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/220594190\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>soundtracker<\/i> was invited to be shown from 9 April &#8211; 7 May 2017 in the Single Man&#8217;s Hut at Bundanon, one\u00a0of the Bundanon Trust properties gifted to the nation by 20th century artist Arthur Boyd in the 1990&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bundanon.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Bundanon<\/strong><\/a> is an internationally renowned rural retreat providing residency accommodation and studios for artists, writers, musicians, dancers and jewellers.<\/p>\n<p>The Single Man&#8217;s Hut is a small stone and timber building dating from the 19th century, part of the architectural legacy of Bundanons long use for farming and cattle production.<\/p>\n<p>The hut is very small, and dominated by a ziggurat sandstone block fireplace forming one wall of the single room space. For this version of <i>soundtracker<\/i>, I designed and constructed four &#8216;sound sentinel&#8217; pyramids from craft paper, which were used as receptacles for four playback devices and\u00a0speakers.<\/p>\n<p>I covered the three small window apertures with framed shapes of shoji paper, to exclude the detail of the exterior view and draw attention instead to the shifting changes of light created by the sky passage of the sun and its light dappling through trees around the building.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> soundtracker 2016 digital audio files, playback hardware, bench seating, craft paper and cardboard constructions, shoji paper, scent, subdued light, dimensions variable <\/p>\n<p>soundtracker is an installation sound work comprising five pentagonal pyramids containing five sound sources that surround a custom-designed pentagonal seating element. 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