Earthquake music (Drawing through the teeth) [Multimedia exposition]

Abstract

The body of work departs from a recording of the 6.3 Magnitude earthquake in the town on Amatrice in Italy on the 24th of August 2016. The recording of the earthquake was captured on seismographs run by the Department of Geosciences within the University of Malta.

The works consists of 3 distinct aesthetic streams: Visual (2D); Aural; and Sculptural. Digital processes were utilised in order to rematerialize the original data into artefacts across media. In this case digital technology was utilised in order to understand seismic activity and vibration across modalities of art-making. Vibration is therefore approached from multiple angles, yielding identical results (in terms of what these artefacts consist of) expressed and understood through different sets of aesthetic values. An increasingly significant portion of human consciousness now resides within digital media, tempering the choices we make and informing our relationship with objects and environments. Digital media become therefore not only process and tools for the remediation between one modality and another but also a meaningful way of drawing new connections.