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Noise & mischief

DEMETRIOU, ERIC ( 2013)

Noise and Mischief is the culmination of two-years of research on the inherent negativity towards noise. The connotation of noise arrives as being immediately an undesired excess material. The political economy of noise anticipates a reception of hostility. Given its etymology of the Latin nausea, and associations with obstruction and interruption, this is not surprising. While mischievous behaviour functions with a similar anti-aesthetic and necessity for resistance, its reception is much less offensive and often even likeable. Throughout this project the application of noise is partnered with a mischievous demeanour in order to incite a thrill-seeking experience that may flirt with trouble, danger and pleasure. Incorporating mischief to noise reduces the hostile reception. This is imperative to make the work more accessible to the viewer. Introducing fundamental aspects of play liberates noise from pure obstruction, interruption and chaos. This enables a broader pallet of noise, incorporating elements of nuisance, pest and annoyance as well as humour. Kinetic, sound-based sculpture is the vehicle used in order to deliver this expanded outcome.