NIGEL HELYER (AU): DIY Hydrophone
Nigel Helyer is a contemporary polymath whose work contains several highly developed creative interests. He produces intriguing and continually inquisitive work of international standard and is able to bring new scientific and artistic partners into truly collaborative artistic projects. He is able to do this through his capacity for deeply immersive site-research and his commitment to collaborative and inter-disciplinary enquiry. Drawing on existing archival materials (journals, poetry, artw...read more
There can be a surprising range of underwater acoustic activity. Even in shallow coastal regions we can find the constant background sounds of snapping shrimp; the grunts and clicks of fish, and of course the intrusive and pervasive sounds made by ships engines. In this workshop we will make a primitive but surprisingly effective hydrophone (basically an underwater microphone) that will allow us to ‘listen-in’ below the surface. We will be using cheap
Piezo elements and readily availa...read more