The sound is much like a glass harmonica playing gentle glissandi… What was intended as sonic art is actually a beautiful new instrument. (The Wire)
Kathy Hinde’s music merges machinery and natural stimuli to create stunning sound and visual aesthetics. Her music and visual art grows from a partnership between nature and technology. Tipping Point invites us to consider our relationship with water, and the necessity of balancing how we use the world’s water resources.
Tipping Point explores the sonic complexities and possibilities of combining glass vessels with shifting water levels. Sound tones are produced live via a microphone that feeds back inside each glass vessel. As the water levels change, the feedback is tuned to different pitches based on the resonant frequency of the remaining space in each glass vessel. The work forms both a sound sculpture and the basis of a live performance.
…there is much to be gained from allowing your attention to slip away and be carried off into abstract reflections, held aloft by the delicate, measured interplay of glass, water and electronics. (Total Theatre)
Kathy Hinde (UK) is an audiovisual artist inspired by behaviours and phenomena found in nature expressed through audiovisual installations and performances that combine sound, sculpture, image and light. Composed of hand-made objects, electronics and a blend of digital and analogue systems, her work represents a cross between kinetic sound sculptures and newly invented instruments. She frequently works in collaboration with other practitioners and scientists and often actively involves the audience in the creative process. She has toured work across Europe, China, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, USA, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, Australia and New Zealand. Awards include an Ivor Novello Award for Sound Art, 2020; an Honorary Mention at Prix Ars Electronica, 2015; a British Composer Award in Sonic Art, 2017; an ORAM award, 2017 and a Scottish Award for New Music, 2018. She became a Cryptic Artist in 2015, was a selected artist for European SHAPE Platform for innovative music and audiovisual art in 2018 and is a member of Bristol Experimental Expanded Film (BEEF).
A Cryptic Commission in association with Cove Park
Tipping Point is a collaboration with John Rowden at the Scientific Glass Workshop in the School of Physics at the University of Bristol with software designed by Matthew Olden.
- Exhibition tickets: Adults €3.00, Students – €2.00, Family ticket €4.00, Groups (10 – 30 people) €1.00 per person. Free entry: Children up to 12 years old, Students of art high schools, schools of applied arts and design, Students of art history, museum studies, art academies, and design (with presentation of a student ID card); Retirees; Members of professional associations HDLU, ULUPUH, AICA, ICOM, HMD, DPUH (with presentation of a valid membership card); Media representatives (with presentation of a valid press card); Persons with disabilities (with presentation of a valid document – ID card or a document proving disability); Unemployed individuals (with presentation of a confirmation from the Croatian Employment Service)
