Marco, my dad, has left for early morning rides for as long as I can possibly remember. Whilst I'm fast asleep (a long with majority of Australia) he and many cyclists around the Illawarra rise up before the sun, and head out, sometimes alone, other times in groups, taking in the beautiful sights, sounds and colours of the Australian South Coast.

As I've grown up, I've developed my own hobbies. The one most particular to me is modifying old cars, having owned now somewhere around 6 cars in some short 4 years. Whilst he and I don't share the same hobby, I've finally come to realise only recently the value he found in Cycling for all those years.

Dad's passion of cycling has brought him 4 bikes, over 6 pairs of specialty cycling shoes, 3 helmets, 4 different states, and of this year, to Italy, to follow and cycle with Italy's version of the Tour De France, the Giro D'Italia. He holds cycling close to his heart, not only for its physical nature but for what the time alone, just he and his machine, offers him. This piece is an attempt to explore this relationship.

Man and His Machine.

The concept of ones personality is the understanding of the combination of characteristics and qualities that form ones individual, distinctive character. Being of Italian heritage, I took this opportunity to explore the elements of personality that I possess, in a dualistic nature; through both my Italian birth name of Paolo and English name, Paul. 

The sound project makes use of sound clips of characteristics identified by close friends and family members when asked to identify with the two names. Starting off at a steady pace, each trait follows the last, gradually played quicker and quicker until the last few overlap themselves. 

Listeners are then given a slight pause, before being inundated in the chaotic noise of these characteristics being played all at one. This disorderly and clamorous period of the piece aims to evoke an understanding of the elements of personality that interact and fuse to create ones, individual, personality. 



Paul Ciccarelli