rift zone by nula.cc

Rift zone can be understood as a cryptic fugue of generated and recorded sounds to somehow represent a cross section of the earth’s energies and capture a perceptible subset of them. It is an attempt to describe in sonic terms the under-the-surface characteristics of the mythic elements of earth, air, fire, and water in the context of palpating the earth as a dynamic integrated system. We know that its processes interleave biological, geological and electromagnetic forces from multiple overlapping spheres which sometimes ignore one another and sometimes interact, creating inscrutable outputs. The geophysical sciences tell us much; we have come to understand a great deal, but the earth still clutches its secrets, and, well, if they cannot be described empirically, then at least we can give the imagination free reign.

Rift zone appears as an installation for wireless headphones at Gallery 3 of the House of Arts in Ústí nad Labem, Czechia, and can be heard there from 9 November 2022 to 11 February 2023.

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The project ( nula.cc ) is the brainchild of intermedia artist Lloyd Dunn, a founding member of the Tape-beatles, and editor of the zines PhotoStatic and Retrofuturism. It comprises sound works, photographs, travelogue essays and similar digital artifacts, which often reflect the artist’s frequent travels and esthetic thinking.

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