Thought noise / wave form preludes (if played simultaneously), 2009

Music boxes, metal, polymer, 22 artists thought noises


Exhibitions: Some text missing, 2009, CAT Gallery, Hobart; Thought noise wave form preludes, 2011, Firstdraft, Sydney; John Fries Memorial Prize, 2012, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney; Wonderland: Contemporary Art from Australia, 2012, MOCA, Taipei, Taiwan


Thought noise wave form preludes (if played simultaneously) relates to the viewing experiences of wave forms of thought noises in audio software. It explores the idea of translating these forms through another aural experience to create music that at its essence is thought itself. Each wave form is printed onto polymer and hole punched at its change of direction points, and this process necessitated the protraction of time for each noise as well, so when played through a music box the melodies are like an extension of one small moment of thought, and change depending on how many people are playing them.