Two works exhibited in the Georgia Lucy Show at GOOD GRIEF STUDIOS in December 2019
Drum Machine
DRUM MACHINE, Georgia Lucy, video documentation of an installation/ performance 2019
A musical performance with a handmade drum machine. A 5-meter-long pool lane roller, brackets, rods, drumsticks, guitar picks. A drum kit. A guitar. A guitar amp.
It plays one beat only.
The tempo can be altered by the rate of spinning the spindle.
It is a Drum roll, A battle beat for the peeps, reminiscent of a music box, a spindle, drum solo. Wind up toy. The little Drummer boy. A manual analogue drum machine. An experiment. A joy.
VACUME FEEDBACK
Vacuum Feedback, Georgia Lucy, video documentation of an installation/ sound piece, 2019
microphone/ steel wool/ drum skin/ plasticine/ robovac/ peavy amplifier/ mic stand/ mic lead/ video city carpet/ pvc pipe/ rope/ gaffatape
A work about Isolation and mental health.
A microphone is gaff taped to a robot vacuum. The microphone is plugged into an amp via an overhanging mic stand that is set to swivel. The robovac is presented on a strip of carpet that is gated on all sides. The carpet enclosure is 3m long and 0.5 meters wide. It is bordered by pvc pipe at it’s lengths. At one end of the strip the amplifier sits facing inwards. The amplifier obstructs the vacuum cleaner. The other end of the strip is elevated and suspended by a rope to a beam in the ceiling. This sloped segment of the carpet also acts as a barrier for the vacuum cleaner.
The vacuum cleaner operates within the enclosure. It is trapped. It bumps into the pipes; it fails to climb the slope. It sucks, spins and repeats itself. When the mic is directed towards the amp a feedback loop is created and the little robo vacuum cleaner screams and weeps. Anthropomorphised ,the object has a voice. It communicates feelings of being trapped and frustrated and overworked. The object can be viewed through goggles of empathy. A victim of domestic slavery. It wants to break free.
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