A sonic collage; using echoes of grief, treasured memories alongside moments I felt totally overwhelmed to blur into a tool for healing. Traces of comforting techniques have also been included such as the re-recording of a CBT breathing exercise. The title comes from the many recordings I made of myself silently crying in public, usually on the bus.

Influenced by ASMR as a form of anxiety or stress relief the components are soothing and result in a reflective moment for the listener.

Crying In Public

An ongoing project that collected the audio recording of portrait drawing. A recent assault has left me the most vulnerable I have ever felt. Now I seek the feeling of power in situations. The most visible I have felt was when I was the subject to be drawn in an art class, the sensation of the artists using ‘slow looking’ upon me focusing in on specific details I can become the muse. I now find that I associate the sound of mark making on a page with this sensation so when I discovered ASMR I found myself listening to hours of drawing sounds and feeling the pleasant tingle it produces on my scalp. I instructed the artists to be in control of my position and how I will appear on the page this plays with the power dynamics of artist/muse and of my vulnerability in this situation.

Sonic Portrait -Kat Currie

Falling or Flying

‘U.F.O. witness accounts’ is created from written witness accounts of unidentified flying objects from the Dumbarton area along with signal received from space. these accounts are then translated to morse code and transmitted from small radios in the area. I have complied these sound into one piece for soundcloud.

U.F.O. witness accounts: Dumbarton

‘The Lunar Effect’ is a collaborative artwork comprising sourced and original audio that relates to humanity’s connection to our moon. Some of the sounds that can be heard in this work include audio translations of images of a full moon and the impression of one of the first footprints made by mankind on its surface, a moon ‘song’ (recorded while astronauts flew around the far side of the moon) along with sections of Apollo 11 audio files from the Nasa Archive. A poem written by James Currie which has been translated into Morse code plays throughout, with selected verses spoken aloud which can be heard intermittently.

The Lunar Effect

‘The Lunar Effect II’ is a commissioned artwork for the Moon Festival comprising sourced and original audio that relates to humanity’s connection to our moon. Some of the sounds that can be heard in this work include audio translations of images of a full moon and the impression of one of the first footprints made by mankind on its surface, a moon ‘song’ (recorded while astronauts flew around the far side of the moon) along with sections of Apollo 11 audio files from the Nasa Archive. Produced for the Moon Festival there is Morse Code translations of quotes from local residents stories about the moon which plays throughout the piece.

The Lunar Effect II

Moon Stories recorded around Greenwich as part of the Moon Festival

Moon Stories

Audio collage of local people's associations with the moon, commissioned for the Moon Festival.

Moon Audio Collage

For as long as we’ve had the means, humans have been on a quest to know if we are alone in the universe.
Interstellar Radio Messages celebrates our fascination with the great unknown, exploring the concepts of transmission, translation and communication.
 
The project focuses on several of this planet’s inhabitants (strangers on the internet) and the message they would beam to potential life forms on behalf of humanity. These responses were translated into Morse code and paired alongside mysterious signals that Earth has received from space, creating a unique soundscape. 
Who knows... perhaps this piece will garner a response.

Featured sounds include; nine mysterious signals called FRBs (or Fast Radio Bursts) which have been detected by the Very Large Array Observatory and generated into sound files, recordings by NASA on space exploration trips including a moon ‘song’, which is a strange noise detected while astronauts were on the far side of the moon and the ‘alien WOW! Signal’ which was received in 1977.

Interstellar Radio Message

During the peak of lockdown I struggled a lot with the lack of true human contact. I asked the people I would usually have around me to send recordings of sounds from their homes or workplaces, allowing me to enter into their spaces with them. These individual sounds have been arranged together like all the instruments in an orchestra - a symphony of isolation.

Extractor Fantasia

Featured on:
-Radiophrenia, 2017, 2019, 2020 & 2023
-‘Mein Vater Erzählt Mir Jeden Sonntag Unsere Neun Planeten’ Chiasso, Switzerland 2019 
-‘Mein Vater Erzählt Mir Jeden Sonntag Unsere Neun Planeten’ Venosa, Italy 2019
-Moon festival 2019
-Moonah Community Radio. Tasmania 2019

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