Audio Quilt

The material, content, and aesthetic of my art practice has been developed out of the idea of 'Folk Art in the Digital Age'. In the piece exhibited at the Roundhouse, I have utilized an audio chip that records 10 seconds of sound. Piecing these square audio patches together crafts an audio quilt. The recorded audio component is a collection of voices and sounds reflecting the community in which the quilt is exhibited. The components of the circuit are assembled free hand allowing the colours, shapes and lines of the electronic components to dictate aesthetics of the piece. Soldering the components together using this technique creates “a drawing” within a square copper frame. Assembling the material this way (manipulates the technology to) creates a work that looks “hand-made” in hopes of humanizing this sanitary material.