notes in preparation for the end of time  is an object and audio based installation comprised of a variety of objects, texts and tableaus enclosed in plinth mounted polished black boxes and a non-linear audio matrix navigated by a computer controlled virtual traveller.

 

 

The original installation was installed in identical two gallery spaces.

The units and their plinths create a navigable space of exploration for the viewer of the work. At the same time, a computer controlled audio-scape is navigated through a simple algorithm traversing a grid of audio fragments that mix together in an endlessly variable, yet tightly constructed, audio narrative. This audio has two channels, played through four speakers – two in each of the spaces. The two rooms take on their own distinct personalities through the audio, and at times can even be found to be in conversation with each other.

The viewer can then piece together their own narrative using a combination of the contents of the black boxes, the audio, and their own personal history - in the form of recalled memory.

Conceptually, the work deals with the gestalt of personal memory, exploring the way an individual can piece together their own personal narrative from a multitude of memory fragments using them, through recall, to fabricate their own history. It is informed by classical mnemonic systems and creates a network of sites on which a viewer can overlay their own memory and rewrite sections of their own narrative. Some audiences have spent an hour or more exploring the work, and by extension – exploring the processes that create what they know to be their own self.