Breakwater/Closure

Eleven

Servant To Silence

The Children's Crusade

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map (FKISM) site, added in September 2024. Read more here: https://www.tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/GRA004.html

The oddly named 'Bridal Spray' is a barrier constructed from large rocks which is located near the large breakwater that stretches out from the easternmost side of the island. It is from the south that the island receives the brunt of the ocean, where strong waves regularly lash the rocks, boulders and cliffs.

With a stereo mic rig deployed a couple of metres back from the barrier, this recording documents the loud roil of the ocean to the south, occasionally interspersed by the sound of waves striking the barrier, exploding with jets of white foam and dripping within the rocky crevices of the barrier.

FKISM: "Bridal Spray", Granite Island (Nulcoowarra), August 2023

Tristan Louth-Robins is a South Australian artist working principally in the medium of sound art and field recording. Ideas of sound and its signification are key elements in Louth-Robins' practice, traversing the space between the visual and aural his work is realised through the mediums of recordings, installation, visual art and performance. He is interested in sound and its associative implications - including its relationship to objects, technology, urban space, memory and the natural world. 


Since 2005, Louth-Robins has presented work in Australia and internationally as a solo artist, whilst also collaborating with artists, writers, researchers, musicians and performers. 

Working across a vast array of activities encompassing composition, sound design, installation art, field recording and workshops, his work has been featured in events such as the Adelaide Festival of Arts (2006), The National Regional Arts Festival (2012), Mildura-Wentworth Arts Festival (2013), Fairfax Festival (2013) and Adelaide Fringe Festival (2014); and selected works exhibited at galleries including The Australian Experimental Art Foundation (2009), SASA Gallery (2012, 2015), Light Square Gallery (2012) and FELT Space (2015). His audio works have been broadcast on radio including Radio National, Classic FM, The BBC (UK), Acoustic Frontiers (USA) and RBB (Germany).

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