‘Something going on above my head’
DATE: 1999-2010
MEDIA: sound sculpture, duration 30 minutes
‘Something going on above my head’ is a symphony of 2000 birdsongs from international ornithological archives and audio libraries. Composed into a symphonic narrative, 500 birdsongs from each continent are played through eight channels.
Tate Collection and Daros Latinamerica Collection
Presented at:
Fundacion Banco Santander Madrid, Spain 2010
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 2009
Pallant House Gallery Chichester, 2009
Sound Festival de Lanaudiere Joliette Quebec, 2008
51st Venice Biennial, 2005
Daros Latino America, Zurich, 2005
Haunch of Venison, London, 2004
The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada, 2003
Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, 2003
Afroamerica, Porte au Prince, Haiti, 2002
Tirana Biennale, Albania, 2001
Event Uppsala, Sweden, 2000
Whitechapel Gallery London, 2000
X-Teresa Mexico DF, Mexico, 1999