CD Evans and Joanna Griffin worked together on projects for a number
of years. As the Greater Periscope Orchestra they recorded and remixed
'open source conversation' in Canada, UK, Europe and Texas. Their work
has included an internet radio station broadcasting, remixes of
conference proceedings, on-the-fly landscape song making and a
burgeoning plan to launch a camper van into space.
444fm is their site.
CD Evans is from Vancouver and has been producing music
as The Broken Robot and Lighthouse. His work has been distributed by
8bitrecs.com online. Professionally he practices interface problem
solving and writes on the innovations and methods of the field. His
work can be viewed at his Website nicer.ca. Joanna Griffin is an
artist and educator from the South West of England who is interested
in the edges of what we are allowed to see and know. For this she has
hunted submarines, monitored helicopter movements and is currently
investigating the remote environment of orbiting spacecraft. Her work
is at
A Connection to a Remote Place
and
Breaking the Surface
Onboard will be a variety of instruments, both scientific and musical, that can be played from earth and will relase a stream of alternative messages that can be broadcast into deep space and to like-minded travellers of the universe.
Supported by the Greater Periscope Orchestra. Founders CD Evans and Joanna Griffin.
This mix is by Joanna Griffin and CD Evans. It uses a collections of recordings made at the Space Science Lab at UC Berkeley, where Joaanna asked scientists and engineers to tell her what they knew of lost spacecraft. This is one of a series of soundscapes these artists are developing, based on conversations about satellites in orbit. They are audio descriptions of an unseen environment.
- Arts Council England Press Release:
A British artist is working alongside US-based scientists at the cutting edge of space research thanks to a fellowship from Arts Council England.
Joanna Griffin, who has been awarded the Arts Council England International Artists Fellowship, has joined the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of Californian, Berkeley - a leading research and education facility that has participated in more than 50 NASA space science missions.
The International Artists Fellowship Programme, which is funded by the Arts Council and Space Sciences Laboratory with support from the Leonardo Network and NASA, is awarded annually and offers professional artists the opportunity to undertake practice-based research abroad free from immediate production demands of a commission, exhibition or performance.
Joanna, whose short-films, installations and web-based projects have received international exposure, will be spending a minimum of three months at the Space Sciences Laboratory engaging with scientists, teachers and students. She is the third recipient of the fellowship.
Sir Christopher Frayling, Chair of Arts Council England, said:
"The International Artists Fellowship provides a terrific opportunity for artists to be at the heart of one of the world's pre-eminent space research facilities. The unpredictable, fascinating results of scientists and artists engaging with each other so closely moves us into new territory in both science and art, and should help both communities gain a deeper understanding of each other - and of their respective processes."
Joanna Griffin said:
"At the moment I'm very absorbed with figuring out what's going on. It's nice to be surrounded by too much, to be confused and able to work more instinctively on this project, instead of feeling I'm on the outside trying to find information."
Isabel Hawkins, astronomer and Director of the Centre for Science Education at Space Sciences Laboratory, said:
"Knowledge of space science and understanding our place in the universe has always served as a source of inspiration to humans across all ages and cultures. It is this same foundation of inspiration that elevates the work of artists and scientists to reach new levels of accomplishment. The Space Sciences Laboratory at UC Berkeley is privileged to have the opportunity to bring the creative genius of the Art Council England fellows into the heart of space. "
December, 2007This first edition of the Atlantic Basin Project has been made possible by the efforts of members of the Independent Artists Cooperative and its in house collective Rock Can Roll Independent and through the generous support of the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council.