Final Outcome - Sound Installation Video

Sound Installation, Audio-Visual outcome.

I have uploaded the installation's audio, as a single track and a section of the length of the canal, through the panoramic photograph i took for my project. Enjoy.

Notes: The sounds you hear, narrative the story of Queen Victoria's first visit to Salford in 1851, combined with the typical sounds of Salford at this time.

Sound in Layers - behind the sound: 
 

• Steam Train -> East Lancashire Railway, Bury

• Queen Walking on Wooden path -> Walking around in heels

• Fanfare of the Guards -> Pre-recorded fanfare 

• Sound of Water -> Sound of a stream in Burrs Country park

• Cheering Adults & Children -> Recording from when the Queen visited Salford, Jubilee tour 2012

• Horse's Screeched ->  Ryders Farm Equestrian Centre, Bolton

• Horse's Splash -> Splashing water

• Rope Snapped -> Recording the snap of rope : University of Central Lancashire, Preston

• Horse Shoes -> Ryders Farm Equestrian Centre, Bolton

• Cheering Adults and Children -> Screaming, Shouting : Buile Hill Park, Salford

• Bird Song -> Buile Hill Park, Salford

• Animals, Cows, Sheep's : Smithills Open Farm, Bolton

• Rain -> Mixture of sound bouncing of different objects - water, metal, ground. -> outside

• Work Yard -> Black smiths, Sawing, Hammering, Chiseling, Spade and coal : University of Central Lancashire, Preston

• Church Bells ->  St Mark's Church, Salford

• Water Wheel -> Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate, Cheshire

• Mill Machinery -> Paradise Mill, Macclesfield, Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate, Cheshire

• Steam Horn ->  Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester

Musical Ticket & Mechanical Music Box

The musical tickets were folded in half and given to visitors whilst they viewed the sound installation, to visually convey information about the piece and also to act as self promotional material for visitors to take away with my contact details.

MA Degree Show, Jan 2013

I finally did it. The project is completed and the MA design exhibition has taken place. 

 Below are photos of the final work ;)

 

 

An audio-visual re-interpretation of the song, Dirty Old Town

The video shows the original lyrics of the song 'Dirty Old Town'. It was written by hole punching the words of the song into the strip. Visually, the strip is a panoramic photograph of the Bridgewater Canal in Salford, which once placed through the 20 note mechanical music box, causes the music box to produce a unique re-interpretation of the song which supports my MA project.

Final touches to MA Show, wed 09.01.13

Canal panorama mounted between perspex boards and fixed to walls.

Sketch books, picture frame and other supplies.

Push-button music box (containing audio of canal panoramas being played through mechanical music box) and Dirty Old Town sheet music.

MA Dissertation, on shelf outside room.

Preparing Sound Installation, Tuesday 08.01.13

Creation of tickets; based on the tickets issued to the public for the Queen's visit to the canal, each ticket folds out to show a map of the route the Queen took. In addition the tickets are hole-punched so that when fed through the music box they play God Save The Queen. Each ticket is numbered individually.

Aligning canal panoramas to ensure they are centered properly and fixing them between the perspex boards. The protective covering was left on the outer surfaces of the board until they were mounted to prevent damage or wear.

Proof-of-concept prototype of the canal panoramas; fixed between two pieces of perspex and attached to a wooden board using the same type of screw / bolt to demonstrate concept.

Preparing Sound Installation, Monday 07.01.13

Push button music box. Prior to mounting them on the wall, I fed the panoramas with Dirty Old Town lyrics cut into them through my music box and recorded the results, which were loaded onto the above device.

Canal panoramas prior to being mounted between perspex.

Tripod and music box set up to record sound and video of the canal strips being played through the music box prior to being loaded onto push-button music box.

Preparing the perspex strips prior to mounting the canal panoramas between them.

Picture frame containing examples & experimentation of different techniques for what eventually became the canal panoramas, in addition to sheet of entrance tickets.