Specification Mixed media H0 scale (1:87) models with sound and HD video (forthcoming). Various dimensions and duration. Description Following the temporary end of travel and the order to ‘stay at home’ as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, a year’s worth of planning for site specific fieldwork (my primary method for work to date) was […]
Author: Matt Parker
Memory Line
Specification Single Channel Film with Stereo Sound, 26min 30sec. Multi-channel 4 screen edition and installation version also available (see Memory Line [Installation Edition]) Memory Line is a short documentary film that reflects on the early days of computing and listens to computing veterans who remember their experiences of the memory machine, EDSAC. The work comprises […]
Parallel Vectors
Parallel Vectors by Matt Parker & Stuart Cook Tracklisting Sierra María-Los Vélez Cortijada Los Gázquez New Street Station Isabella Plantation Derrydonnell Forest Gerani 19 / Buttes Chaumont Parallel Vectors is the story of two people trying to find connections between the synthetic and the organic; an interweaving ambient work interested in process, place, and space. […]
These Times
Specification 8x Channel Audio Installation, 30min 00sec loop starting on the hour. These Times is a complex composite of sound drawn from time pieces and church clock towers across the West Midlands (UK). The artwork is an investigation in to trauma. Few topics seem to be as difficult to navigate as violence and its impact. […]
Memory Line [Installation edition]
Specification Multimedia installation Edition 1x 34U 19″ powder coated rack cabinet on castors 8x 4″ CRT monitors 5x Raspberry Pi model B+ 5x loudspeakers 8x channel power amplifier 4x 2m nickel wires (0.42mm) neodymium magnets 1x powder-coated frame 1x A/D| D/A converter and audio interface assorted copper wiring in insulated sheath Multichannel film Edition 4x […]
Palimpsest
Specification Stereo sound, bodypack transducer and HD video (06min 57sec) Palimpsest How might a sonospheric investigation evoke urban memory? What form might that memory take, inscribed, embedded and pulsing within the material flows of the geological strata of the Roman Forum, Palatine Hill and Baths of Caracalla? Lisbeth Lipari traces the relationships between bodies and […]
Electrostatic Borderlands
Specification Stereo sound work (loop) 53mins 33secs (2018) Electrostatic Borderlands In the spring of 2016, I applied to the Art for the Environment International Residency Programme (AER) organised by Professor Lucy Orta at the University of the Arts London. The residency programme offers artists an opportunity to “explore concerns that define the twenty-first century – […]
Project Antioch
Specification Geophony: Digital stereo audio loop, borosilicate glass measuring beaker, forest soil, and geophone (4mins 00secs) Machine Learning: Algorithimcally produced digital stereo audio loop, 2x giclée print on hahnemühle photo rag, 420 x 594 mm (23mins 42secs) Project Antioch A sonospheric investigation; a multimodal listening practice aimed at engaging with a sensory awareness to voice, […]
Fields of Athenry
Specification Audiovisual Installation16x Apple iPod Touch 4th Generation (obsolete)1x Apple iPhone 4 (obsolete)1x Apple AirPort Extreme A1408 (obsolete)4x Large Format Newsroll Prints16x Consumer fan videos (source: YouTube)16x Videos & Sound Recordings (source: Derrydonnell Forest, Athenry) * Click the links for Apple product launch videos with Steve Jobs Fields of Athenry Sound highlights the complexity, intimacy […]
The People’s Cloud
The People’s Cloud is an ongoing art/doc series getting to the bottom of the Internet; investigating the ecology and impact of cloud computing on the lives of those who use it, the places it is physically located in and the people who work to maintain it. Travelling across Europe the project searches for the sites […]
#medianatures
Specification Audiovisual InstallationInternet AccessLED TV ScreenCash BoxThermal PrinterScript written in Python on LinuxTwitter APISoil owned by Apple Inc.1x International Space Station * Made in collaboration with James Dooley. The immediate impact of our daily digital interactions on the natural world is rarely made visible. With the ubiquity of the Cloud, and social networks, we have […]
The Imitation Archive
Specification Video Format: Two Channel HD Projection with Stereo Sound. 34 mins 07 secs (Collapsible to single channel HD)Album: Ten Track Stereo Sound. 34 mins 07 secsSound Archive: 116 HD Audio Files (Mono and Stereo).Print Format: C-Type matt prints. A Sonic Archive of Computing Technology Following a period of two months at The National Museum […]
Digital Native
Specification Video Format: HD Video Loop with Sound. 05 mins 43 secsPrint Format: 9x C-type matt print, 210 x 298 mmYear: 2015 Mechanical Calculators Among the digital and electronic devices in the museum lay a number of mechanical computers/calculators. The manual tools used by accountants the world over from the 1930’s to the 1970’s before […]
Turbulence in the Chamber
Specification Single Channel HD Video Stereo Audio. 04 mins 48 secs (2014) What is ‘The Cloud’ and how is it affecting our lives? The People’s Cloud is a project investigating the acoustic ecology and impact of cloud computing on the lives of those who use it, the places it is physically located in and the […]
The Cloud is more than Air and Water
Specification Audiovisual Installation6.1 Multichannel sound, HD Projector 12 LEDs, Plywood, Plastic Mesh, StaplesDuration: 14:00 Loop (2014) An installation investigating the mechanical nature and acoustic ecology of Data Centres and internet storage systems. All audio and visual material developed by Matt Parker, recorded in various UK Data Center locations. Audio produced using Ableton Live 9 Suite, […]
Strong Rooms
Sound, Architecture, Preservation, Archives Strong Rooms is a touring installation that explores archives through the eyes of the artist. The installation opened to the public for a limited run in Rugby and Coventry from 4th-18th July and Dudley and Worcester from 1st-15th August. Artist Mohammed Ali MBE curated the Strong Rooms, bringing together a team […]
Reflections on Collection
Specification Type of work: Sound Walk/Audiovisual Guide/Performance (with companion video) Material: Electroacoustic composition, Narrator, Video, Film Crew Duration: 08:10 Location: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts In collaboration with Michael James Lewis. Excerpt from live performance at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts as part of the Resonance launch event, 20 February 2015. An audio guide […]