Volk Gallery is proud to present the work of Calum Graeme Ingram. Each Volk artist is given a size limit and budget and left to their own devices. With this brief, Ingram has produced 50 homemade tremolo effect boxes, based on an A-stable multi-vibrator circuit, using techniques that are not too dissimilar to those that may be found in electronics magazines of the 1950s. Simply attach an audio in (such as a musical instrument or even just your phone) and an audio out (like an amp or speaker) to create your own sounds, effects and vibrations.
Artist's Statement
I, Calum Graeme Ingram, always circle back to a fascination with the technological excitement of the late 1940s where the boundaries of technology were yet to be defined. One of the most influential texts in this field is ‘The Mathematical Theory of Communication’ by Claude Shannon. This article aims to define noise and quantify it. To simplify this article – Noise is the information we do not intend to send or receive.
But what if we take noise-sounds and put them at the forefront - The overdriven amp, the failing circuitry - and further refine these noises into something that is more repeatable? We then get the basis for contemporary music!
This is where my interests lie. The ambiguous line between noise and sound. My goal is to use the DIY techniques of yesteryear and build something from the ground up.
Exhibition Dates
March 8th 2025 - April 5th 2025
March 8th 2025 - April 5th 2025
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