films
‘tun’, 2024
sensory installation, video and soundscape: sound work, olfactory (scent), film, light, interior.
models: zoe coldwell, beth tesfaye
This video depicts the experience of the ‘tun’ installation, with the original film interspliced with shots of the installation. The uninterrupted film can be found here.
Within the ambient soundscape, cries and wails are layered with binaural tones at frequencies 528Hz and 963Hz, which are known to influence hormone production in the brain, decreasing stress and anxiety (among other healing physiological effects). As the narrative film plays, the use of wood and fabric to control the acoustics of the space envelops the viewer in a comforting vibration. The viewer watches the film within a cocoon of draped muslin, lying on the vibrating ground against handmade beanbags, feeling the soundscape against their spine. lighting coded to react to the sound softly flickers from behind the walls of fabric. Essential oils and dried flowers fill the room with the subtle and comforting scents of clove, cardamom and pine.
‘it’s not me, it’s you’, 2022
projected video and soundscape: soundscape, film, interior
models: jazz brimble, alpha, ellie
voices: jaime burdis, jazz brimble
‘it’s not me, it’s you’ is a video piece projected onto diaphanous fabric as part of an installation in the morgue at Chelsea College of Arts, UAL.
The bright colours, reflected onto the white walls, fill the tunnel space at the back of the morgue, leading the viewer down to follow the colour and sound. They are confronted with tender and intimate shots of the artist’s friends that seem to melt into the walls, creating an overarching softness to welcome the viewer as they listen. The soundscape was created to match the tone of voice of each speaker, while voice recordings play snippets of conversation from interviews with friends of the artist, discussing their collective experiences growing up visibly queer in their conservative home town.