Each CD cover is numbered which correspond to numbers on the flatscreen. By choosing these numbers you can see who the artists are and listen to the soundworks.
Colin Greenslade, Exhibitions Coordinator for the Royal Scottish Academy says “Blind Sight is a fantastic example of artists working cross-media, across countries. Our ‘Projects’ series of exhibitions has been looking at the ways in which artists formulate ideas and make new work in collaborative practice. We all listen to sound. We all have a radio. We all listen to recorded music. We are all influenced by the everyday sounds which we hear around us. This show will brings all of these experiences together, enabling the visitor to choose which sounds they hear and choose which sounds those around them will hear…..”
Originally a project for staff and students at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee in collaboration with Titanik, Finland, the exhibition shows a number of prominent Scottish artists. Arthur Watson, Eddie Summerton, Dalziel and Scullion, Tracey MacKenna and Edwin Janssen, Kevin Henderson, Derrick Guild show alongside lesser known names and the up-and-comings such as Duncan Marquiss and Torsten Lauschmann, both of whom were chosen to represent Scotland as part of Zenomap, for the 50th Venice Bienale in 2003.
All in all this is a truly exciting exhibition, which pushes the boundaries of visual art and sound, by a wealth of interesting artists. The Royal Scottish Academy is very delighted to be presenting it here in Edinburgh.”
Sound art, in the words of Finnish composer and sound artist Petri Kuljuntausta is ‘based on sound as an independent means of expression. Sonic expression and aesthetics are studies from various points of view, and thus the results also appear in a variety of forms: conceptually, as linear/non-linear works, installations, sound objects, interaction or through activating the experiencing individual into the role of the player.’
He traces the beginnings of sound art to the early 1900’s, to ‘broad minded audio-visionaries who practised their trade when time was not ready for sound art…..The 1990’s changed a lot of things. Sound art grew into one of the most interesting spheres of contemporary art….Whether we study sound with a serious or light approach, the important thing is that we are going somewhere. As the work in Blind Sight shows us, the movement continues…..the central thing is to remember how to hear differently, therein lies the essence of sound art.’
There is a publication for sale which features all the artworks and audio works on CD’s.
Some of the above text has been taken from the publication.
For further information and images please contact Colin Greenslade or Alisa Lindsay at the Royal Scottish Academy on 0131 225 6671.
colingreenslade@royalscottishacademy.org
alisalindsay@royalscottishacademy.org
Web Link: http://www.royalscottishacademy.org/pages/exhibition_frame.asp?id=94
