Cormac Faulkner, Artist

Information on exhibitions past and present.

Works

Audio work

2010, The Residing Air, “Radio Sound Art” dedicated to my grandfather using a radio as a single sound source. more info here.

2009, Vortgeist, Birmingham Sound Matter live performance at the Ikon Eastside and CD on Audiobulb. Processed field recordings of Birmingham with a composition inspired by Vorticism. more info here.

2008, Event 10, a reinterpretation of two fluxus scores for the re:flux festival, Birmingham. more info here.

2007, Sevens, a new piece of music for modified autoharp based on the number seven. (Performed at Birmingham Conservatoire).

2003, Through music and out the other side, a collection of electro-acoustic, electronic and analogue music that explores the sentimentality of music and sound. more info here.

Installations

2012, Axis Mundi, sound sculpture in wire and string. (premiere at Pluspace, Coventry April 2012). more info here

2011, The Beacon Light Requiem, an awakening in sound and light inspired by the incandescent light bulb. (premiere at Fargo, Coventry September 2011). more info here

2010, Sirens a large steel sound sculpture exploring boundaries, borders, protection and segregation.(premiere at Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford March 2010). more info here

2007, Pursue, Protect, Prevent and Prepare, a live projection performance examining the civil liberties issues of surveillance.(Trampoline Festival, Nottingham). more info here.

2006 – Present, I am an Instrument, a permanent sound installation on the staircase of The Herbert Art Gallery. Visitors control 16 speakers by using the staircase. more info here

2004, Out of Season, an installation piece, which elaborates on the idea of Out of Time but incorporates the idea of seasons to produce and endless composition. more info here.

2004, Out of Time, an Internet based sound application that creates a non-repeating endless piece of music based on the date and time. more info here.

2003, VoidMap (prototype), which concentrates on the visual language of space. An Internet based application that creates a map of your “journey” online and retains “souvenirs” of your trip.

2003/2007, VoidScanner, which explores the visual language of sound. An Internet based sonic narrative application that contains no visuals and users navigate by listening. Developed further in 2007 with the assistance of visually impaired artists and computer users.

Visual work

2008, Shadow|Silhouette, an ongoing series of gum bichromate photographic prints exploring light, shadow and negative space. more info here.

2007, Butterflies, a video installation created as part of a series of workshops with adults with learning difficulties.(VAD Digital Arts Festival, Pantheon Xperimental). more info here.

2004, About Nothing For No One, an animated short film, which examined the narratives inherent in an everyday space (a level crossing).

1999, Swing, short film about a writer who confronts a thief who has broken into his house.

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