Selected Sonic Artworks and Installations

Prime Rhythms / Piano No. 1

Prime Rhythms / Piano No. 1 is a sound sculpture built and composed by Grant in response to the paintings of James Hugonin. Shown as part of Hugonin's most recent exhibition, Binary Rhythm: Paintings 2010 - 2015, the work uses a reconditioned piano with a purpose built mechanism that incorporates prime numbers to inform a score. The music reflects the timbre and musicality of Hugonin’s work while the prime numbers - expressed as teeth on a series of cogs - explore the deterministic nature of systems as a juxtaposition to the artist’s expression.

Ragadawn

Working as sound artist and engineer for Caroline Bergvall, Grant created site specific speaker installations and provided a live mix to the Ragadawn performance project through 2015-2018.

Ragadawn is a sunrise vocal performance to be performed outdoors from the last hours of night until the very early morning. A multisensory composition for two voices, multiple recorded languages and electronic drones to accompany and celebrate the slow rising of day.

Monologue

Oct/Nov 2014, a collaborative sound and light installation with visual artist, Rosie Morris at 36 Lime Street Gallery, Newcastle

Using a 35mm slide projector with prepared slides from Morris, Grant utilises a contact microphone and contact speaker, attached to the projector, with the resulting audio fed through 5 light sensors. This allows Morris’ imagery to ‘play’ the projector as a sound instrument. Monologue creates an endless loop, a self-referential framework that examines ideas of perpetuity and creation.

Phase

Phase, 2014, is a collaborative exhibition with visual artist, Rosie Morris, responding to three spaces within the historic centre of Newcastle, the Castle Keep. 

The work unfolds in three parts, starting within the bowels of the Keep - the Chapel, before moving into the heart of the building - the Great Hall, culminating outdoors - on the Keep’s roof, overlooking the surrounding City.

The installations use sound, colour, sculpture, and video, encouraging a new and personal encounter with the Keep’s architectural movements and its relationship to the City.