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Closed or Open?
Preview of my sound installation at the Comma hotel for the Castlemaine Fringe Festival 2013
Closed or Open?
Keys have come to signify more than just their function as an object that locks and unlocks. Through representation and association we have constructed metaphors around keys. In superstition they can be the both the bearers of good luck and bad luck; keys have come to represent knowledge, mystery, initiation, curiosity, power, status, ownership and authority. However, the illusion of metaphor does not bring a semblance of truth to the object, we ignore the objects basic function as a key and come to view it on a metaphysical level. We perceive phenomena differently on the left and right side of the brain. The left being analytical, logical and objective, in contrast to the right; thoughtful, intuitive and subjective. In this installation the left speaker plays sounds of locks being closed, while the right speaker plays sounds of locks being opened which symbolises the left and right side of the brain respectively.
lino cut
I haven’t made a lino cut since highschool and I thought I would give it another go tonight, especially after spending a day working in Illustrator, I found it more effective to make something with my hands. I don’t know what it will turn out like as a print, but I can try that tomorrow.
Anyway making stuff is always good when your feeling down…a friend told me creativity…creation..opens the heart chakra. So hopefully I achieved that tonight because I really feel like I need that one open right now!
making jam
Friday night at home. I’m having a jam with myself because there is no one else to jam with. I set up all my contact mic instruments and objects and recorded over the top of each other on seperate tracks. It is not perfect because it is unedited, but it was more of an experiment than anything. Most of the objects I am playing make sounds by chance or one off sounds that are unlikely to be repeated each time I play. Sometimes these one off sounds can actually work really well together.
baking bread
So, the journey has come to an end and here I am back at la fin du monde, trying to adjust to reality. It has been a long haul overseas and to be honest its a bit depressing being back, so to combat any negative feelings I am distracting myself by doing creative things and cooking!
One thing I noticed in Europe was that there was quality bread and it wasn’t so expensive to get it, because it was a kind of standard. Here you have to pay about $7 for good bread and its called “gourmet”. So I thought, maybe I should try baking bread myself. I hadn’t made bread in a really long time and had to google some recipes to get an idea, but in the end I improvised my own recipe and made a pecan and date fruit bread.