The Sound of Microclimates
SEMICONDUCTOR : Sound of Microclimates
Experimental video | dv | colour | 0:09:00
United Kingdom, France | 2004
Quicktime Extract
The Sound of Microclimates reveals the sights and sounds of a series of unusual weather patterns in the Paris of today. Here, architecture has become interwoven with the natural processes of the geographical landscape. Set within the un-noticed moments in time, extreme microclimates are presented as the future in city accessories, revealing the unseen urban terrains of tomorrow. Like the temporary staged events at a World Expo these weather patterns hi-light public spaces and architecture within the City or Paris. They exist as a series of weather observations that animate the evolution of the inanimate urban condition. Each microclimatic intervention has its own audible frequencies, where the sound from each environment animates the movement and reveals each sites unique narrative.
Semiconductor are artists Ruth Jarman and Joseph Gerhardt who have been working together since 1996, producing short films, music, art installations and performances. Originally established as a music orientated collaboration, Semiconductor soon began to work on what has become their self titled Sound Films series, where relationships between audio and image have been consistently explored. They tackle the strucural relationships between music and architecture that transform soundscapes to landscapes and explore ideas of evolving landscapes that cross urban and rural boundaries. Finely crafted digital work is combined with analogue processes that tailor the randomness and errors within computer systems as co-conductor. Recently they have been exploring a variety of new environments through Artist residencies and site specific Artworks.