Mic.Madeira reviewed by Loop.cl

Mic.Madeira
This is a collaboration between sound artists Simon Whetman in sound, of Bristol, UK and Hugo Olim, a native of the island of Madeira, Portugal, in images, who toured different parts of the island during November and December 2010 gathering sounds and images. This work was premiered in MADEIRADIG festival in December 2010.

This DVD presents a revised version of the performance in 16:9 format video with 5.1 surround sound and stereo soundtracks. Also included a documentary video of the field work on the island as an extra. The latter is very interesting since it shows how Whetham works; the locations selected and the positions that placed his microphones.

Whetham fitted with microphones and hydrophones created a multi-channel audio composition from field recordings, while Olim with his digital camera, to which he incorporated a microscope, allowed him to enlarge the size of substances and objects. Through different special effects this signal reacted at certain frequencies in the audio composition.

In some parts of this work Whetham adds to his recordings some ambience layers that subtly draw melancholic melodies. The visual work shows abstract and blurry images that run in parallel.

This is an interesting sound document that shows the creative process where sound and images come together to create an atmospheric ambience.

Guillermo Escudero

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