A significant strand of enquiry involves a dialogue between sound and object, and the idea of embodied visibility. Using environmental sounds (recorded on a dictaphone), these are explored in relation to, or embodied within sculptural installation.

The German term ‘klangkunst’ places a strong emphasis on the dual aspect of seeing and hearing, concerning “…an investigation of both time and space, through ear and eye”. Klangkunst developed around a strong intellectual infrastructure equally within both musicology and art education, which has helped it to have such a strong identity.

The sound sculpture comprises of a speaker, stripped trailing leads from earphones, and a plaster plinth. The sound element was a recording from a column of hollowed duck egg shells that I was de-installing, which made a curious high pitched sound as they clanged against the nylon thread that was supporting them.

https://soundcloud.com/estelle-woolley/untitled-1