In So Far As
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COMING SOON. From an old stationary factory in Bow, Shiell played the building as an instrument — a resonant ear to the traffic on the A12, using a geophone to pick up the structure’s response to the constant flow outside. He improvised with it over 24 hours in a kind of trance, listening to the structure vibrate with the residues and histories of this ancient route: once a Celtic crossing, later a Roman road, and the more recent expansion splitting through communities. These timelines fold into one another through the building’s vibrations, echoes and elements drawn out through the improvisation. The resulting recordings became a meditation on the constant drone of the road as interlacing stories arose from the thrum of tyre on tarmac. Worse overlaid his own geographical references from listening to the tracks while walking the roads of his home in Melbourne, using sound to regulate sensory overload. He establishes a sense of location through his listening and his sonic responses explore sounds that support his movement through uncomfortable or overwhelming spaces. Together, these works map personal and collective geographies, listening closely to how bodies and architecture continually shape and reshape one another. Edition of 50