WAVE DEBRIS
Collaboration with Diana Duta
Inspired by the work of scientist Elisabeth Alexander in the field of radio astronomy, certain sounds were released during and after the setting of the Sun.
Wave Debris takes place during sunset, a collaborative performance at-a-distance which modulates the frequencies emitted by the sun at this time.
Taking as a starting point Elisabeth Alexander’s research in the field of radio astronomy, Diana Duta and Julia E Dyck attempt to illuminate other phenomena which are always present yet not always perceived; phenomena that mediate, disclose and dissolve; that dust.
The modulated frequencies are blended with field recordings, feedback and several readings of Ron Siliman’s Sunset Debris (2014).
Wave Debris was first performed live during sunset for rocks radio radar long wave radiation, an event organized by curator Cristina Ramos during her residency at The Watch Berlin, a former GDR watchtower in Schlesischer Busch on June 15, 2019. Half the transmission was streamed from Brussels, while the other half was performed on location, one floor below the audience. This distance between the two parts of the whole further expanded the conceptual base of the evening through long distance transmission and mediation.
The piece was performed again during Oscillation—Mayday Radio Marathon, on April 30, 2020. This time, both artists performed telematicly from their respective homes in Brussels due to the collective lock-down measures in place due to the Covid-19 global pandemic
. Wave Debris has been released on cassette format by Crash Symbols and Q-O2/Umland Editions.
"An otherworldly release that uses modulated frequencies, feedback, and field recordings to explore the sensation of unperceived natural phenomena." -Bandcamp Daily
"...two eerie, radiating pieces befitting the celestial phenomena that inspired them. Duta and Dyck [add] a new zone to the liminal space between science, philosophy and sound explored opened by Daphne Oram, Eliane Radigue and Pauline Oliveros." -The Quietus
"En 1945, la scientifique anglaise Elizabeth Alexander découvre des ondes radio causées par le Soleil et aide à fonder la radioastronomie. Inspirées par ses recherches, Diana Duta et Julia E. Dyck ont créé une oeuvre magnifique en direct où elles expérimentent justement avec des ondes solaires captées et modulées, y ajoutant des percussions méditatives et des éléments de field recording, de même qu’une mise en lecture d’extraits de Sunset Debris du poète américain Ron Silliman." -Le Canal Auditif
"A frequency lullaby morphing into the depths of both conscious and cosmos." -Lost in a Sea of Sound