Window
Blindside Gallery May 2008
(part of the group exhibiton 'Tracts' with Ben Byrne, Adam Costonoble and Matt Chaumont. Curated by Ben Byrne as part of the Next Wave Festival)
Window is a small, black, nondescript box, which the audience must enter to experience. Pulling aside a curtain on one side of the box, one person at a time sits in its centre (in so much as they can fit), pulling the curtain back down so their head and body is enclosed in the pitch-black space. Sound becomes their only point of reference, filling the space from 10 hidden speakers (and 2 subwoofers) placed at varying heights and distances within the box, in a unique configuration for sound spatialisation. Through this, the listener becomes immersed in a sonic world that shifts from the real to the imagined via fragments of field recordings, electronics and abstracted sounds. This sonically sculpted space ranges in intensity, from dense washes of noise, to sounds on the threshold of perception, mimicking the manifestation of memory and emotion.
Materials: MDF, acrylic paint, adhesive, screws, foam, velcro, speakers, subwoofers, fabric, DVD players, pine. Dimensions: 200cm x 100cm x 50cm
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Intimacy
First Site Gallery, Melbourne 2003
A 4-channel installation of dynamically sculpted environmental recordings within a dark and claustrophobic space lined with red drapes. Part of 360 degrees: women in sound, curated by Arnya Tehira and Sianna Lee for Liquid Architecture 4
"Another standout was Thembi Soddell’s Intimacy, using surround-sound speakers in a curtained-off space. For the gallery-goer sitting on the low stool within the pitch-dark enclosure, the effect of Soddell’s layered, peak-and-trough waves of sound was absolutely cathartic." From Simon Sellars “Liquid Architecture: the Parmegiani experience” review in Real Time
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extraction:reduction:inversion
First Site Gallery Melbourne, 2000
A solo audio-visual installation involving sound, video, and digital imaging exploring sexualisation through bodily perception.
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West Space Gallery July 2008
with Camilla Hannan, Eamon Sprod and Ryan Cockburn
The sound of your name is a song
First Site Gallery Melbourne, 2000
A collaborative 8-channel sound installation using the voice and name as sound. Winner of the Melbourne Fringe Festival's Visual Arts Award. Other artists: Sianna Lee, Bruce Mowson, Andie Reynolds and Polly Stanton
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KVARNEN
Kvarnen is a sound grinding art toy featuring sound files from many Danish and international artists. KVARNEN uses a stochastic algorithm to load and play the sounds, so it will always sound different. You can further explore KVARNEN by changing most of the sound-grinding parameters. Or you can just lean back and enjoy the continuously sound-grinding....
http://www.ssshhhhh.dk/kvarnen/
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pelt 070905
Opening exhibition for pelt gallery, sydney, with Ben Byrne, Matt Earle, Fast Mountain Die, Anthony Guerra, Joyce Hinterding, Anthony Magen, William Noble, Jasper Streit and Alex White.
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Variable Resistance
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2002
Curated by Philip Samartzis, a survey of trends in current Australian sound art practice
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Liquid Lounge
Bus and First Site Galleries, Melbourne, 2002
Part of Liquid Architecture 3. Listening lounges showcasing a variety of sound works.
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Gating
West space Gallery, Melbourne, 2002
Curated by Michael Graeve, a group exhibition of sound and painting
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On Sonic Terrain
First Site Gallery Melbourne
A group interactive sound installation by ((tRansMIT)) members, recontextualising environmental recordings within the gallery space.
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