Ring of animals

Lloyd, Owen; Hong, Young-In

Abstract

I was asked by Young In Hong to collaborate on this work by developing a sound accompaniment for her installed work, Ring of Animals (2023). The sound was developed as a generative piece that interspersed sounds based in synthesis and field recording with long sections of silence. The onsets and decays of each sound were varied, with some sneaking up on the listener, and some starting much more abruptly and drifting off.

The Bristol iteration expanded the scope of Ring of Animals’ sound. The original, shown in Antwerp, was relatively compact, so stereo was appropriate, whereas the Spike Island version spanned quite a bit of gallery space, which led to Spike Island commissioning an 8 channel diffused version. Not all speakers were active at once. The sound moved around the space in 4 stereo pairs, shifting the conversation between sculpture and sound to a new area in the gallery with each new section of audio.

• Exhibition Performance Type: Exhibition
• Start Date: Feb 2, 2024
• End Date: May 6, 2024
• Deposit Date: Jun 6, 2024
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/12036621
• Additional Information: https://www.spikeisland.org.uk/programme/exhibitions/young-in-hong/