CURGENVEN,ROBERT - CLIMATA Price: €15.99 Format: Compact Disc Availability: Immediate Dispatch

RecordedenOrelyin15ofJamesTurrell'sSkyspaces
traversing9countries,Climataallowsustohear
spaceandtheairthroughthelensandframeofthe
Skyspace,anarchitecturallightinstallaOon.Across
the200site-specificmicrotonalrecordingsthe
Skyspaceisthefilterandinstrument-offeringa
directengagementwithweather,locaOon&
duraOonbyarecordingprocesswhichbringsthe
insideandtheoutsideoftheSkyspacesinto
oscillaOonviathesubtlephysicalityofsound.
Theterm“Climata”itselfreferstotheancient
divisionsusedtomaptheinhabitableworld,from
laOtudetothelengthofdays.Thismappingofthe
inhabitedworldisreflectedinthechoiceofthe15
SkyspacelocaOonsfortherecordingofClimatafrom
the87Skyspacesspreadthroughouttheworld.
Climata'sSkyspacelocaOonsextendfromfar-flung
ruralidyllstotheSwissAlpsandmetropolisesin
bothHemispheres;spanningcontemporaryart
centres,privatecollecOons,museumsofmodernart
andnaOonalgalleries.
ASkyspaceisaspecificallyproporOonedchamber
withanapertureintheceilingopentotheskyand
outsideworld.TheSkyspacescanbeautonomous
structuresorintegratedintoexisOngarchitecture.
Theaperturecanberound,ovularorsquare–each
withits'own“pieceofsky”beneathanoceanofair.
Thesevariouslyshapedaperturesletinandframe
notonlyTurrell'sfamouslightbutalsosoundandits
medium,inthiscaseair.
TheiniOaltonesyouwillnoOceareaby-productof
therecordingprocessintheSkyspaces,atechnique
whichbringstheairinsidetheSkyspaceinto
movementagainsttheairoutside–oscillaOng
throughtheceilingaperture,creaOngasoOphasing
sound,likeawhooshingorflu?eringwherethe
listenercanheartheairmove–thissoundisabout
asloudasthesoundoutsidetheSkyspacewhich
givescontexttothatSkyspace'slocaOon.
AninstallaOonversionofClimatawasexhibitedin
theNaOonalGalleryofAustralia'sSkyspacein2015
withmoresite-specificiteraOonstofollowin2016.
DuraOon: 1:56:00
Format: 2xCD
EdiOon: 500
ReleaseDate:April29,2016
Cover: TalithaKennedy,Fleshingoutmycave,
2014.Inkonpaper.130x150cm.
TrackLisOng
DiscA-MORPHOLOGIES
1.underforeigntopologies.
2.framedbytheedgeoftheearth.
3.enelturbulentoinfinito,laduracióndel
Oempoymásallá.
DiscB-GRAVITYFUNDAMENTALS
1.Enpleinair
2.Doorsopenand,withthebreathofthe
wind,wearesubsumed
3.Eclipse
ThetwodiscsthatmakeupClimatawerecreatedto
beplayedbacktobackorsimultaneously,inany
orderandideallyontwosoundsystems.Together
thetwo58minuteCDsgiverisetohoursofunique
combinaOons.
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