13 – 30 September 2008
In general relativity, gravity is key to physical law. More or less, all movement is governed by the effects of gravity; without it the atmosphere would not exist. The new sound work intensifies the potentials of the atmosphere as a soundscape, relaying what happens close above in the sky. Above the site hangs a balloon monitoring a live feed of audio to resonate out through the surface of the billboard as a sonic force.
RIchard Sides graduated from Sheffield Hallam University, BA(Hons) Fine Art in 2008, and is current based in Sheffield.
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