Finding myself in an engaging environment, or where a particular phenomenon – some aspect of the environment – provokes interest, I record both sound and video, or perhaps sound alone.
Themes of time and place constitute a recurrent motif – for example, recordings made at the same place, same time or at the same place, but different time. Phased recordings and playback, using the same structure but different geographical locations or time uncover issues of unity and estrangement, creating soundscapes of assonance and dissonance.
Journeys form another keynote: the juxtaposing of historical issues and present day realities, take the audience on a sonic travelogue via field recording or installation. My improvised compositions discover means of extracting sound – directly via interaction with architectural structures and indirectly through the creative use of site-specific features. Each location creates its individual travelogue and these audio/audio-visual journeys may be viewed as virtual reality, as virtual fantasy – or perhaps both, entirely dependent on individual interpretation(s).
http://www.davidrogersstudio.co.uk | http://www.electricbackroom.org.uk | http://metamedia.bandcamp.com
David Eric William Rogers
address:
2 folly square
bridport
dorset dt6 3pu
mobile: 07971 726 906
e: david.ewr@btinternet.com
co-Director: DIVAcontemporary Ltd. [Dorset] April 2012 – date
Trustee: Digital Works [London] September 2008 – date
Director: LabCulture Ltd. [Dorset] July 2009 – April 2012
Chairman of Visual Arts Panel: Bridport Arts Centre [Dorset] April 1996 – August 1997
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