Soft Rains Will Come

Date2022

MediumSound Installation: - Raspberry Pi (with HiFi Berry DAC+) • System SD card (64GB) running custom-made algorithmic audio mixing software and start-up scripts • USB WiFi Adapter and Powered USB Hub • 2 FM Radio Transmitters • Audio Cabling • 12 Vintage Transistor Radios (Cold War-Era, Wood-Faced, Various Models) • 12 radio stands with custom dimensions, sized for each radio (materials: birch ply, pine dowels, steel nuts and bolts) • 4 custom-made benches (materials: birch ply, pine dowels, steel nuts and bolts) • A SSD archive drive, containing digital assetts relating to the artwork Photographic Series: - Hand-printed c-type prints on archival photo paper

DimensionsInstallation:

Infinite duration (or until the electricity stops). Indeterminately mixed live for broadcast within the gallery.

Photographs:

30.5 x 40.6 cm (qty: 8) & 50.8 x 70 cm (qty: 2)

ClassificationsInstallation

Credit LineCollection of the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Object numberW1421