Rock Record (phase 1)

Acetate records with rock embedded. Records pressed with seismic vibration – audible and in-audible. The embedded rocks sourced from a similar depth from where the sound was sourced. Disc created with Sonny Lee Lightfoot from Copper Sounds.

https://www.coppersounds.co.uk/copy-of-projects

Thanks to Bristol University / Brigstow Institute and SARU Oxford Brookes University. Special thanks to Dr Ophelia George for her support with picking out the seismic recordings from the data logger in the University.

Recorded onto the disc in the installation were these sounds played on three subwoofers and four mid-range speakers in the Arnolfini dark studio space.

The Arnolfini dark studio space

These were the sounds available to be heard:

Earthquake 7.4 – Sulawesi Island – Indonesia, 02°S 121°E_ / _2°S 121°E

7,595 miles from UK

Earthquake 7.9 – Ocean floor near Viti Levu Island – Fiji, 18.46°S / 179.26°E

9,959 miles from UK

Earthquake 6.7 – 50km SW of the Zakynthos Island – Greece, 37°48′N / 20°45′E

7,595 miles from UK

On the turntable is one of the acetate records playing while people listened and felt the vibration. They sat or lay down or walked around taking time in the space.

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