Oracle

Amy Cunningham

Oracle

University of Brighton

Research output: Non-textual output › Exhibition

Abstract

Oracle is a work for single screen HD video and stereo sound.Through the use of re-contextualised and re-imagined archive material together with close harmony vocal music, the work intends to reveal the beliefs and statements of the 19th century pioneering female mathematician Ada Lovelace. In this work successions of objects are rotated in front of the camera such as a sextant, a vision mixer and a microphone. Presented in this way their primary functions are obscured allowing for alternative narratives to be constructed. Different images flash by, appearing through the translucent membranes and upon the reflective surfaces that they possess. The disembodied singing voices that can be heard become the tools with which to make comments from afar, to mark time and to measure distance.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 8 Nov 2012
Event	exhibition - Autumn Almanac: The voice and the lens, IKON Gallery, Birmingham. Video installation exhibited 08/11/12-11/11/12, live vocal performance and digital slide projection took place 09/11/12. Duration: 8 Nov 2012 → …

Bibliographical note

Videography, video production, digital images, original vocal music and vocal performance are by the creator. Copyright Amy Cunningham.

Keywords

mediation
women in science
voice
video
music
re-contextualisation
appropriation
technology

Access to Document

http://www.ikon-gallery.co.uk/programme/current/event/709/new_commissions/Licence: Unspecified

1 Conference

CAL Conference: An Interdisciplinary Conference Celebrating the Achievements and Legacies of Ada Lovelace 2013
Amy Cunningham (Participant)
18 Oct 2013
Activity: Events › Conference

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CAL Conference: An Interdisciplinary Conference Celebrating the Achievements and Legacies of Ada Lovelace 2013

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