I’m collaborating with sound artist Yuri Suzuki in a new travelling show called Sound Matters by the Crafts Council UK. Last year I was commissioned by Create 2012 to make a souvenir of East London. I made a vinyl record capturing the sounds of 21 makers in the area at work. From a shoe maker tapping his hammer to the sound of making beigels on Brick Lane. I’ve always liked the idea of creating something and handing it on to another person to find inspiration from it and create something new. I gave my ‘Sounds of Making in East London’ vinyl record www.soundsofmaking.com to Yuri and asked him if he could create something new from it. I admire Yuri’s work and he has a studio within East London so it continued my record idea of highlighting the large amount of creative makers in the area.
Yuri made what he calls ‘Sounds of Making in East London: Remix Edition’. He took very short loop samples from each of my record’s tracks, then put them all onto a vinyl record (looped grooves). He created 5 movable stylus needles so you can place the 5 needles onto the record at any position to create a form of endless rhythmic music from the sounds of making.
See the Sound Matters website here http://www.soundmatters.org.uk/
There are audio interviews with all the artists to listen to.
The show will tour around Scotland initially.
Iona Gallery, Kingussie, Scotland , 1 June – 30 June 2013
St Fergus Gallery, Wick, Scotland , 6 July – 3 August 2013
Inverness Museum & Art Gallery, Inverness, Scotland , 10 August – 7 September 2013
Dominic Wilcox 