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This page is dedicated to artist s which Stephen
collaborated with and their projects that achieved special recognition
in the art and music communities.
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Doug Fogelson, Chicago - Project: Cush
Installed in the Kraft / Lieberman Gallery - Chicago Sept 8 2006 - Oct 31, 2006
Videography: Doug Fogelson / Editor: Kim Alpert / Sound Designer: Stephen Shirk
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Doug Fogelson’s large color photographs concentrate on the subject of ocean waves and the element of time. Fogelson’s wave scenes are composed of multiple exposures overlapping inside the camera- reproducing the action of ocean waves on film. Both video and sound replicate waves as primary imagery as well, using manipulations of time and multiplicity to bring a simulacrum of the ocean shore inside the gallery walls. Sculptural works include a ‘Baywatch’ style lifeguard stand and a large cast resin wave on a wheeled pedestal. Collaborating with Doug on the "Cush" sound design was a great experience. It brought me great pleasure to bring his aural interpretation of ocean waves to the gallery patrons' ears. Say "Cush" real slow..... |
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Nadine Robinson, British, NYC - Project: Alles Grau en Grau Mallen
Installed: Grand Arts - Kansas City, MO 2005 / Studio Museum of Harlem - NYC 2006
Sound Design/Music Editor/Composer: Stephen Shirk
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| ''Alles Grau'' -- the full German title translates as ''painting everything gray'' -- expands her political purview from imperialism to Armageddon. Hundreds of speakers embedded in an 11-foot-tall gray-black wall unit generate a sampling of satanic scores from films (''The Omen,'' ''The Matrix''), mixed with Roman Catholic funeral chants and Rastafarian dance music. (Ms. Robinson was born in Jamaica.) It's powerful, this millennarian maximalism -- Gerhard Richter and HAL from ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' meet the Rapture -- and it's right on time. |
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Creating the soundtrack for Alles Grau was a trip...sampling sections of film soundtracks then manipulating them to work together with classic reggae beats and chants...pitching and moving things around to use them in ways they were never intended to be. Nadine really wanted to "dub" the mix out, recalling the sounds of her youth in Jamaica's dance halls. I've never had more fun playing the analog delay!
click here to listen to the "Alles Grau" (Doom Dub) Mix
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Nadine Robinson, British, NYC - Project: Tower Hollars 2002
Commissioned by Museum of Modern Art, NY Installed in the MOMA Tempo Exhibit 2002
Sound Designer/Music Editor: Stephen Shirk
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project was something that had to be seen in person to be fully appreciated.
Nearly forty feet wide and thirteen feet tall, utilizing over 450 speakers
in various sizes and twelve turntables playing the same track, repeating
at random. Tower Hollers was a random sonic experience. The blur of the
slightly out of sync turntables created a haunting effect that further accentuated
the music. By listening to the track Stephen created, you'll get an idea
of what Nadine was trying to say. Old African-American work songs (originally
recorded by Alan Lomax) were manipulated so that they could melodically
weave in and out of the Melanchrino Strings "Music for Dining".
The two types of music were selected to create a juxtaposition, commenting
on the civil rights struggles of the 1960's. |
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