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Greyfield: Wavefield

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greyfields:wavefields - project summary

‘greyfields’ is an ongoing audio-visual project investigating the psychogeography of commercial environments.

This latest iteration focuses on capturing - via specially-constructed induction microphones - the electro-magnetic spectra emitted by the informational, security, communication and power infrastructures which pervade the urban grid.

The visual aspect approaches the video image in its raw, base form - as a standing wave pattern of electrical energy, the transduction of light into electrical impulses being more akin to the electromagnetic apparatus of the microphone than the mechanical/chemical process of traditional film or photography.

‘greyfields/wavefields’ seeks to render that which is invisible, inaudible, hidden yet omnipresent, into something which can be contemplated. We are aware of these systems which infuse the physical structures of our metropolis, yet their ephemerality leads us to disregard the vastness, power (and related health implications) of their existence. They are, in many respects, a kind of urban ghost, clustering in and haunting our centres of financial and political dominance. As such, ‘greyfields/wavefields’ can be seen as a continuation/extension of the parapsychological investigations of EVP (’electronic voice phenomenon’ - the search for spirit communications via radio waves and the recording of silent spaces) - an investigation of what lies concealed in the ether.

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VIDEO:

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MUSIC:

Michael Trommer

Michael Trommer is a Toronto based producer and visual artist who has recorded for such labels as Transmat, Wave, Ultra-red, and/OAR, Audiobulb, Truffle, Stasisfield, Interchill, Monocromatica, Serein, Thinner and con-v. Broad-minded in his approach to electronic music, Michael also creates gallery-based audio installation work and has exhibited at Australia’s ‘Liquid Architecture’ exhibition, Kunsthalle Schirn in Frankfurt, art:tech 2009 in Cordoba, Spain and soundLAB VI in Köln. His music has also been included in Dodi Nash’s ‘Listening Shell’ installation, on permanent exhibit at London’s Victoria and Albert museum. As a live show, Michael was featured at the 2003 Movement Festival (a.k.a.DEMF) as well as the 2008 edition of Montréal’s acclaimed mutek festival.

Contact:
trommer@sympatico.ca

http://michaeltrommer.blogspot.com/
http://soundcloud.com/sans-soleil/
http://michaeltrommer.bandcamp.com/
http://www.mixcloud.com/sans_soleil/

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admin — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:27:35 +0000

Pictures 2011

admin — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:35:56 +0000

Centre Canadien d’Architecture / Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA)
En imparfaite santé | Centre Canadien d’Architecture (CCA) www.cca.qc.ca
October 26, 2011 at 11:48am

Solo exhibition. Project SLICE. SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 1, 2011 .
http://www.visualvoicegallery.com/VVG-intro-E.html

SIDIM 2011. Montreal International Interior Design Show. 26-28 May.

Metamorph. XEVENT. 19 april 2011. Montreal.

9 april 2011. VJing culture.
Lecture at the Université du Québec à Montréal.

TAMUKE. 01 april 2011. SAT