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Pink Steam (2022) by David Haines & Joyce HinterdingBiennale of Sydney
About the participants
David Haines & Joyce Hinterding
Based on Dharug and Gundungurra land (Blue Mountains, Australia)
David Haines
Born 1966 in London, England
Joyce Hinterding
Born 1958 in Melbourne, Australia
David Haines and Joyce Hinterding work both collaboratively and independently. Their solo and collaborative practices span various media from large-scale immersive video installation and experimental audio works for performance to discrete objects, images and aroma compositions.
‘Much of our fieldwork has revolved around the signals that come from the sky. The resonance of cosmic level forces in action that continually glue together the cosmos and the ground.’
—David Haines & Joyce Hinterding
Liquid Languages – Haines & Hinterding | Sound (2022) by Ankit MishraBiennale of Sydney
Hear from Haines & Hinterding as they discuss their collaborative practice.
Pink Steam (2022) by David Haines & Joyce HinterdingBiennale of Sydney
Pink Steam, 2022
Pink Steam brings together the earth & sky by way of radiation expressed through cosmic rays and the infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum. It was filmed on the Fish River, a tributary of the Macquarie Darling System in Western NSW that passes through Wiradjuri Country.
Pink Steam (2022) by David Haines & Joyce HinterdingBiennale of Sydney
Using specially modified cameras we were able to see parts of the spectrum that transmit beyond visible light.
Pink Steam (2022) by David Haines & Joyce HinterdingBiennale of Sydney
The work’s sound comes from the real-time detection of muons, particles of energy that are the result of cosmic rays colliding with the earth’s atmosphere.
Pink Steam (2022) by David Haines & Joyce HinterdingBiennale of Sydney
The muon detectors and custom electronics were built by amateur radio astronomer Robert Hart based on an Open-Source Muon detector design.
Pink Steam (2022) by David Haines & Joyce HinterdingBiennale of Sydney
The circuit allows us to hear the presence of muon activity in the exhibition space in real-time, as the particles shower down upon us and pass through everything, like another kind of rain made of invisible energy.—David Haines and Joyce Hinterding
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