A non-representational soundscape consisting of layers of audio recorded at Kielder reflecting the rhythms of the forest community. The audience is invited to step inside the high-vis structure and question how the abstracted audio compliments, harmonises or clashes with the visual landscape.

TRIGGER - an audio installation at Kielder Water and Forest Park

A multilayered four channel audio work set in a darkened room, in which the voices of the artist and the artist's mother, in varying tones and volumes, coming from multiple directions relay phrases of reassurance for a duration of 5 minutes

Everything will be alright

David Foggo and Helen Shaddock work collaboratively as marginendeavour to explore our affinities with text and design. 

The Back And Forth is a reflection on our collaborative process and explores the potential of the spoken word; emphasising the rhythmic, layered and repetitive qualities within the narrative.

It was created for Group Show2, an art podcast series curated by Caitlin Merrett King covering topics like work, collaboration and criticism.

The Back And Forth

I am a multidisciplinary artist based in Newcastle working with installation, performance, sound, video, writing & sculpture. My work addresses the complex struggle to achieve equilibrium & balance in society today. It is rooted in contemporary experience in both an emotional (feelings & thoughts) and physical (materials & situations) sense. Language, in all its forms, is central to my current practice & my research examines how it can immerse an audience in multi-layered psychological & physical situations.

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