Site-specific sound work (collaboration with Stuart Bowditch)
AWSoM - The Ambient Weather Sound Machine uses foundsounds, triggered by the weather on recycled and found technologies to recreate environmental sound and feelscapes.
April: Presentation at Enter_Unknown Territories: International Festival for New Technology Art, Cambridge
v 0-0-2 (Two Tree Mix)
May: AWSoM launch and live performance, Two Tree Island, Southend.
AWSoM v2 - Two Tree Island by damienrobinson
Samples of wildlife recorded on Two Tree Island nature reserve – including the rare avocet bird – in competition with trains, planes, automobiles, dogs and people, create ambient sound and music responding to changing environmental patterns. More details and recordings AWSoM @ Two Tree .
June: Exhibited at Bang & Olufsen, Leigh on Sea (Leigh Arts Trail) More images: AWSoM @ LAT
v 0-0-3 (Shopland Mix)
July: Live performance and exhibition with new sound mix, Sutton with Shopland Festival, Essex.
AWSoM v3 - Sutton with Shopland Music Festival by damienrobinson
The original Two Tree Island mix made way for the sounds of Shopland. Samples of John Deere tractors, irrigation systems, people, cars and steam trains (yeah woo baby!) create ambient sound and music responding to changing environmental patterns. More details and recordings AWSoM @ Shopland .
v 0-0-4 (Banff Mix)
August: Live performance and exhibition with new sound mix, Banff New Media Institute, Canada, as part of Interactive Screen 0.7
AWSoM v4 - Banff by damienrobinson
A whole new version of AWSoM was prepared and recorded specially for the Interactive Screen 0.7 conference at the BNMI in Banff, Alberta. The sounds of flags (Canadian of course), prize giving at a Teachers fun run, a stairwell, a xylophone in a fashion shoot, German sight seers, Japanese tourists, French speaking hikers, freight train horns and squirrels all add up to make this new mix. More details and recordings AWSoM @ Banff .
