Supereste ut pugnatis (pugnatis) ut supereste.

The title of the work discussed in this paper, 'Supereste ut Pugnatis (Pugnatis) ut Supereste', is derived from the motto (Fight to Live) of the Chemical Defense Establishment located at Porton Down in the UK. The work is a mixed media installation that examines the intersection between the Visual Arts and Bio-Sciences and is conceptually focussed upon the development of metaphors that address the membrane in terms of biology, politics, language and culture

Virtual voices : ghost riders in the sky

A visual essay placing new technologies of virtual audio reality in the context of the much older links between audio and mysticism

The Sonic commons : embrace or retreat?

This essay pursues questions considered elsewhere in this issue of Scan, but from the perspective of audio. Are all those iPod listeners in cities and on public transport inhabiting an audio ‘cocoon’, retreating from physical public space and the unpredictable mix of sounds in the urban environment? The author ranges across cultural periods in discussing the interaction of individuals with their audio surrounds, before discussing the work of contemporary sound artists using public space. Included in the links contained in this article is the author’s own project AudioNomad, which uses GPS to project audio onto mapped space

Ecolated : art, science and environment

This article takes the form of a dialogue between artist Nigel Helyer and writer and theorist John Potts. The themes considered are the concept of the experimental in art and science, the relationship between the arts and science, and the significance of the environment to both scientific research and creative practice. Within this general context, reference is made to recent art works by Dr Helyer.9 page(s

Syren - a Ship Based Location-Aware Audio Experience

Syren, a location-based, multi-speaker augmented audio reality installation was presented as a shipboard exhibit at the 12th International Symposium on Electronic Art in August 2004. It was conceived as a continuous 3-day spatial audio experience that augments the landscape through the Baltic archipelago with location-based audio media, spatialised through a 12channel speaker array. As the ship tracks between Helsinki, Mariehamn, Stockholm and Tallinn, listeners on the upper deck hear sounds that are perceived to originate from geographic features. Our custom GIS is derived from electronic nautical charting information that includes coastlines, buoys and beacons. A handheld GPS provides both position and direction data that was used by a software system to drive parameters of the spatial audio presentation. The sound production for the artwork was created using the custom application that enabled the artist to place sound media in relation to a real-world map. An important component to this software was the ability to audition the audio experience without ever taking the journey

Nomanslanding

A large-scale public artwork created in collaboration with four international visual artists as part of the WW1 commemorations in Australia, Germany and UK. The floating performance installation was first sited on Sydney Harbour for the Anzac Day commemorations in 2015 before being shown as part of the Ruhrtrienale in Germany and finally, in June 2017 at Glasgow's Tramway theatre. The project is part of Graham's practice as research into the 'theatrical turn' in the visual arts

Siteworks : ecologies and technologies [Abstract]

SITEWORKS is an interdisciplinary research and practice project that invites artists, scientists and scholars to respond to the Bundanon property through the lens of their specific discipline. Over four years this has led to a series of interactive projects, many utilising electronic technologies. The inaugural investigations focussed on the geomorphology of the site and palaeoenvironmental research, specifically in the area of sea level rise and climate change [1]. In subsequent years the focus has been on water and the river; land management; Indigenous cultural heritage, and food security

Siteworks : ecologies and technologies [Abstract]

SITEWORKS is an interdisciplinary research and practice project that invites artists, scientists and scholars to respond to the Bundanon property through the lens of their specific discipline. Over four years this has led to a series of interactive projects, many utilising electronic technologies. The inaugural investigations focussed on the geomorphology of the site and palaeoenvironmental research, specifically in the area of sea level rise and climate change [1]. In subsequent years the focus has been on water and the river; land management; Indigenous cultural heritage, and food security