Noel Quidu

• perspective of receding buildings
• perspective of shot taken through windows
• sense of distance
• window frames the image
• protest - masses create chaos in the photo but they are calm

• Year2000 
• PhotographerNoël Quidu 
• NationalityFrance 
• Organization / PublicationGamma for Newsweek 
• CategoryGeneral News stories 
• PrizeHonorable mention 
• Date10-10-2000 
• CountryYugoslavia 
• PlaceBelgrade 
• CaptionStudents demonstrate. In October, a revolution in Serbia toppled President Slobodan Milosevic. The opposition had claimed victory in the September elections, but a Federal Election Commission called for a second ballot, claiming neither side had an outright majority. A general strike and mass protests followed. On October 4, Yugoslavia's constitutional court annulled the election; by dawn on October 5 people were converging on Belgrade. By 16h00 protestors had captured the parliament building, and at 18h30 opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica addressed a rally of some half a million people and declared himself president.

• gesture
• deep contrast of black figure against white smoke
• pattern on ground

• Year2000 
• PhotographerNoël Quidu 
• NationalityFrance 
• Organization / PublicationGamma for Newsweek 
• CategoryGeneral News stories 
• PrizeHonorable mention 
• Date05-10-2000 
• CountryYugoslavia 
• PlaceBelgrade 
• CaptionOpposition supporters battle through tear gas set off by police. In October, a revolution in Serbia toppled President Slobodan Milosevic. The opposition had claimed victory in the September elections, but a Federal Election Commission called for a second ballot, claiming neither side had an outright majority. A general strike and mass protests followed. On October 4, Yugoslavia's constitutional court annulled the election; by dawn on October 5 people were converging on Belgrade. By 16h00 protestors had captured the parliament building, and at 18h30 opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica addressed a rally of some half a million people and declared himself president
  
  
   

• Year
• Photographer2000 Noël Quidu 
• NationalityFrance 
• Organization / PublicationGamma for Newsweek 
• CategoryGeneral News stories 
• PrizeHonorable mention 
• Date05-10-2000 
• CountryYugoslavia 
• PlaceBelgrade 
• CaptionOpposition members leave the parliament building with a chair they said symbolized the throne of Milosevic. In October, a revolution in Serbia toppled President Slobodan Milosevic. The opposition had claimed victory in the September elections, but a Federal Election Commission called for a second ballot, claiming neither side had an outright majority. A general strike and mass protests followed. On October 4, Yugoslavia's constitutional court annulled the election; by dawn on October 5 people were converging on Belgrade. By 16h00 protestors had captured the parliament building, and at 18h30 opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica addressed a rally of some half a million people and declared himself president.
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Aeron Bergman and Alejandra Salinas

Aeron Bergman & Alejandra Salinas

Spanish born Salinas and American Bergman form an accomplished sound art duo, specialising in the manipulation of found sound. Based in Oslo, their work comprises of sound art, installations, web projects and video art. They have exhibited in museums, galleries and art ceneters around the world.

In 2002 they won an Award of Distinction in digital music for the audio installation 'Revisionland'.




The Detroit Rebellion projected through feng shui objects


This installation piece by Bergman and Salinas explores the concept of how ideas survive through time, particularly how the lifespan of an object is determined by how they are passed through generations to become tradition.

Beyond this, the piece interacts with the viewers understanding of space, which obviously realtes to the project "Sense my space". The reason I chose to look at this installation in relation to my work is due to its portrayal of light as the artists ask the question "Where does light come from?". This questioning of light appeals to me because of the close link between light and vision, sound and hearing.



The art piece consists of of a very minamalist composition of feng shui objects set up in such a way to allow a large and looming shadow of the bonsai tree to be projected onto the corner wall behind the objects. This wall itself also shows a moving image of the streets of Detroit projected onto it.

The image of the bonsai tree projected onto the wall led me to consider the idea of using projected images in conjunction with sound for my own project. Beyond this i've also considered shadow puppets as a more playful way to convey an image or narration of my sound recordings.



Here you can watch the interview given by Bergman and Salinas on their Feng shui installation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqYJY0mVOdQ

Another art form to look at in relation to Aeron Bergman and Alejandra Salinas is their noise music, which is then heavily incorporated into their sound art.

An interesting piece to look atwithin this sphere is  their album Be Mine, which features a sound board which allows you to overlap clashing sounds as you desire creating an interesting array of sounds and the ability to see for yourself which sounds can stand out more then others. This particular piece features conversation, interview pieces, found sound, trumpets, crickets and music creating a surprisingly harmonious piece of sound art. The piece itself is based on the idea of love.

http://www.alejandra-aeron.com/be_mine.html







 Scotch Monsters by Aeron Bergman and Alejandra Salinas

Scotch Gardens consisted basically of an ornamental style garden combined with live Scottish folk music and the sounds of Scottich monsters, some of which were the Dunters and the Red Caps.

http://www.alejandra-aeron.com/scotch.html

On their website they provide pictures combined with the soundboard of noise music played at the exhibition, and even give an account of the legends of these monsters.