ArtCast in association with moves08, Week 2
 Released 17th April 2008
This week's selection explores and makes manifest tensions which arise in the relation of audio to visual, sound to movement, and vice versa. One audio and two video pieces communicate the intensity inherent in such relationships. Image: Scintillate a short film by Catherine Long |
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Programme:
Audio Podcasti:
Seth Brignell: Scratched Concrete 5,6,9 (11 min 20 sec)
Video Podcast:
Sophie Combes: L’orgue de barbarie (2 min 17 sec)
Catherine Long: Scintillate (5 min 05 sec)
Further information:
Audio Podcast:
“SCRATCHED CONCRETE 5,6,9”, by Seth Brignell, was created from numerous concrete recordings of metal made in rich acoustic environments. The recordings were then duplicated onto various CDR’s which were then scratched. The resulting chance material was re-spliced together to create rhythmic and repetitive ‘frames’ of sound to which emphasise particular nuances.
Seth Brignell makes audio and visual art, and works both solo and collaboratively. His solo work has developed from an interest of juxtaposing and combining media; images, texts, sound etc., and that of environments and focussing on details. For selected examples of solo and collaborative audio visit: www.last.fm/music/Seth+Brignell
Video podcast:
In this video podcast Sophie Combes' “L'orgue de barbarie” is paired with “Scintillate” by Catherine Long.
Drawing inspiration from the barrel organ, an old mechanical musical instrument, in Sophie Combe's piece each colour corresponds to a music instrument, each point and line represent a note. Thus several simple melodies are linked to a drawing that synthesizes the town as a musical space.
Sophie Combes is an artist from Malissard, France. Her website is www.sophiecombes.com.
Catherine Long's video explores the relationships between the camera and body, space and sound. Using the noise of dancers to create a sense of proximity, and the nomadic camera which moves in, around and beneath the dancers, the video creates a claustrophobic and relentless atmosphere, where intimacy is too close and disjointed.
Catherine Long recently graduated from De Monfort University, Leicester UK with a degree in dance, where she focused on dance for screen.
