Michael de Courcy, Looking at the Source: Voices Soundscape, 2018 (BG5852 and BG5853).
Physical Description
- Medium
- video, projection
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- Object Description
- Looking at the Source is the most recent work by Michael de Courcy that explores the artistic community that formed around Intermedia, a society co-founded by choreographer and dancer Helen Goodwin. In the online resource The Intermedia Catalogue (2009), de Courcy describes the group:
“The idea of creating a society and a public workshop dedicated to the collaborative exploration of new technologies by artists had been the brainchild of a local alliance of artists, poets, musicians, dancers and academics. This group originally assembled to discuss Marshall McLuhan's theories on how electronic media, particularly television, was transforming our world into a ‘global village.’ There was the strong feeling that artists should be at the vanguard of this radical reshaping of society.”
Looking at the Source investigates the work and legacy of Goodwin through images and audio interviews with the artists, writers, dancers and filmmakers who credit her influence in the flourishing artistic community of the 1960s and 1970s.
This work includes several components.
Reactive Staircase; medium-density fibreboard, acrylic paint, pressure-sensitive switches and audio recording,
Video Projection; 10 minute video
Costume Image; archival inkjet print
Text Panel; archival inkjet print
Voices Soundscape; 50 minute, multi-channel audio recording, and
Seven Photographs; archival inkjet prints
History
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- Credit Line
- Gift of the artist, 2018
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