ARTIST Marcus Coates
WHERE Darwin Conference Centre
WHEN Sunday 15:00-16:00, 17:00-18:00, 19:00-20:00
In this video work from 2002, the artist has filmed himself making the calls of each of the non-passerine birds of Britain – the birds that are not songbirds. The accuracy of his vocal rendition is created using a process whereby recordings of bird calls are slowed down, altering the pitch of the sound. Coates then films himself singing in unison with this slowed-down recording. The footage is then sped-up, back to the ‘original’ tempo of the bird call. This is an attempt to provide a reliable guide or document of these calls using his own voice. Produced by Wysing Arts.