Paul Rogers has been commissioned by MMU Cheshire to create a Sound Installation for the University Centenary - September 10th & 11th 2012
MMU Cheshire - Crewe Campus - Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK
A sound installation and performance:
In Paul’s research based compositions and installations he explores the extraneous sound event, the junk noises and extra, discarded sound materials from recordings, objects and the environment; in this Centenary themed installation he exploits the discarded sound reproducing devices which span the last century, many of which were found abandoned on the Crewe campus itself.
The development of the music media machine and its carrier formats accelerated exponentially through the last century with mediums born and dying in ever increasing cycles until the object vanished entirely from view. Music now travels through time and space yet does not exist as a physical object. As a set of digital instructions awaiting to be decoded back into sound, music has become transparent and has shed it's impurities. This installation reinstates and exploits those impurities which have evolved over the last 100 years.
