A projection performance event in which all the material, both image and sound, is generated by letterforms.
From an original work 'Vowels' by Lynn Loo which was expanded to include consonants. Columns of letters were printed from computer onto acetate and then transferred in the darkroom by contact printing onto 16mm film. As the letters spill into the soundtrack area we hear sounds, the warm sounds of ‘O’ or the edgier sounds of ‘E ‘. These optical sounds may sometimes resemble the uttered sound of the letterforms.
The work has been performed as a live interaction with musicians, including saxophone at Leeds 2006, trumpet at Voutes 2006, also trumpet at La Sala Rossa Montreal 2006.
"Lynn Loo and Guy Sherwin's Vowels and Consonants, sets dozens of monochrome letters in mesmerizing motion across the screen. As they spill onto the floor and ceiling, the characters burn into your retina as if written in the air with a sparkler. Sarah Washington and Knut Aufermann's accompanying electronics, field recordings and mixing desk wizardry generate a smouldering undercurrent of micro feedback and turbulent shortwave radio."
Derek Walmsley. The Wire # 259. Review of its first performance at SOUNDTRACK London Bullion Theatre on 16th July 2005.
