Sonic Anomaly Sideshow
The Sonic Anomaly Sideshow works mainly with sound and light, exploring the way it behaves in different resonant spaces, to create installations with sounds and lighting effects that relate back to the space in which they are installed, often using field recording and/or frequencies that are in tune with the location.
A call for stories about Portland’s mysterious past led to all manner of responses – and a series of interviews by Rob Olins and Lee Berwick took place at the George Easton where stories were told to them (and recorded) which at first may seem far fetched are, in fact, no more unbelievable than what is documented as fact in the island’s history.
The Portland Spy Ring, a landscape dotted with strange masts and stories of long forgotten radio transmitters being discovered in dusty Portland lofts has led to a collaboration with sound artist Lee Berwick and Stephen Shiell to construct a radio there min, a radio receiver and mast forming part of the installation. The work also uses directional speakers (developed for ship-to-ship communication by the armed forces), sound mirrors (the precursors of radar) and sub-bass.
Located within and around The High Angle Batteries, the installation will animate this enigmatic site - known locally as 'The Ghost Tunnels', using sub-sonics tuned to it's unique dimensions the outcome cannot be determined until the installation is in situ with the speakers and resonating from the walls and reflectors resulting ripples of sound, or intense areas of sound pressure - or something else?
Materials Digital light and sound systems
Size 2 tunnel complexes 70 long
Date 2016
Site High Angle Batteries Portland Bill
Commissioned by B side
Consultants PL stage lighting and Effects
A call for stories about Portland’s mysterious past led to all manner of responses – and a series of interviews by Rob Olins and Lee Berwick took place at the George Easton where stories were told to them (and recorded) which at first may seem far fetched are, in fact, no more unbelievable than what is documented as fact in the island’s history.
The Portland Spy Ring, a landscape dotted with strange masts and stories of long forgotten radio transmitters being discovered in dusty Portland lofts has led to a collaboration with sound artist Lee Berwick and Stephen Shiell to construct a radio there min, a radio receiver and mast forming part of the installation. The work also uses directional speakers (developed for ship-to-ship communication by the armed forces), sound mirrors (the precursors of radar) and sub-bass.
Located within and around The High Angle Batteries, the installation will animate this enigmatic site - known locally as 'The Ghost Tunnels', using sub-sonics tuned to it's unique dimensions the outcome cannot be determined until the installation is in situ with the speakers and resonating from the walls and reflectors resulting ripples of sound, or intense areas of sound pressure - or something else?
Materials Digital light and sound systems
Size 2 tunnel complexes 70 long
Date 2016
Site High Angle Batteries Portland Bill
Commissioned by B side
Consultants PL stage lighting and Effects