Sound

Sounds of water falling, rain and water falls.
We started in the dark listening to sounds, water and thunder and rain drops. Using projection we then created a waterfall area to move through and around adding sound using the keyboard and instruments.

Sounds Make Sense

A floor covered with bubble wrap. A microphone and chaos pad.  What amazing sounds we made as we travelled over the bubble wrap, catching the sounds with the microphone and distorting this sound by using the chaos pad. Later we added colour by drawing on the ipad and projecting this onto the floor  as we moved over and through the space.

Sounds Make Sense

Suspended bike wheels, lights and rolling wheel rims.

Today we explored the sounds we could make using bike wheels. We took wooden sticks, running them over the spinning spokes. This made a great sound and lovely shadows on the floor.

We rolled the wheel rims across the floor, watching and listening to them as they lost momentum and wobbled to flat on the floor.

Sounds Makes Sense

A hanging wall of different textured material; move through and listen to the sounds. Soft, quiet, harsh, loud, short, sharp and lingering sounds. Wear the sounds, walk on the sounds, squeeze, scrunch, crinkle and tear. Later we used a microphone to amplify and the chaos pad to distort the sounds.

Sound

Over the next few weeks we will be creating soundscapes.

Today we explored different sounds using things to drop and roll on our large metal tray and our large cardboard boxes with different things inside. A microphone linked to the chaos pad enabled us to distort the sounds for example changing pitch levels or adding echoes.

Boxes

Inside Outside

A circle of stacked boxes with space inside. On the outside: shadows, projections and colour. Inside: a changing environment made by projected ipad drawings. Sounds on the boxes, music and smells added an extra experience.

Net

Week 3 Interactive Net Installation

Contours and Sculptures

Changing the shape by stretching and pulling the net we created sculptures that held for a moment and faded before a new sculpture emerged. The sound and lights reflected the atmosphere of the work.

Ritual 13

Offerings , Silver and Shrines.

Today we have been exploring rituals around offerings and food. We created our own special space using things that caught and reflected the light. We used different sounds to create an atmosphere. We then took our offerings into our special space.

Ritual 7

Pendulums, swinging swirling sand and more.

Today Visual Arts and Sensory Arts worked together. We used pendulums filled with coloured sand to spread the colours over a large sheet of paper. We then drew additional shapes using brushes and sponges on sticks so we didn't tread too much on the art work. Smaller pictures were made using glue and dried powder paint, we can keep these.

We were also really lucky that Will Hurt was working  on his new project at Level. We were able to work with him to see what is is all about and to help him shape the work.
Wills work work can been seen at Purple Peach at Level Centre on tuesday  November 10th, 6.30-10 pm.




Smaller Pictures

Pendulum drawing

Wills work

and of course there was great music

Rituals 6

Shadow and Sand

We opened our session today with a bell ritual performed in shadow. Using a screen and back lighting we took turns to perform our different rituals using arm movements  and bell ringing. We followed this with vogue style movements both in front of and behind the screen, these can look  like hieroglyphic shapes.  We moved to rhythms created on the key board and a selection of drums. Today we were joined by the visual arts group creating sand shapes on black paper.

Celebrating

Celebrating the life of Van Gough. 125 years ago on July 29th Vincent Van Gough died.
Sunflowers, French food, dance and music in a French Cafe. have a good summer everyone! See you in Spetember.

Ritual 2
Water and Earth

Building on the work we did last week, we decorated our faces, arms and  hands with clay and flower petals. We ladled and poured water, passing bowls between us. We moved to sounds and rythms created on drums, keyboard and voice. 

Lunar Landing

What would it be like to walk on the moon?  What would we find if we went there?

Today we launched from the Level Centre in a rocket and headed for the moon. Exiting the rocket through the air lock we headed for the nearest crater where we explored the surface, collected rock samples and experienced low gravity activity.

Lunar Landscapes

A trip into space took us through the satellite belt and on into outer space before landing on the moon. 

After a fantastic Purple Peach Club Night where our chill out room was showing a sound and space installation by artist Andy Wlliams, today we took a rocket into space to land in the installation. We took a walk in space, explored the lunar landscape, collected rock samples before finally landng back on earth.

Changing Landscapes

Still exploring contours and landscapes, today we have been shaping using gravity and force.

From a large stretched net we created valleys,  mountains and underground caves and spaces.

Contour and Colour

Shaping new landscapes using sand and projection.

By pouring, shaping and moulding the sand we created new mountains and valleys, new landscapes and scenes. We used the photos from previous weeks work to project  onto the  landscapes. We also made slides and projected these too.