Minus Eleven Error: Returning v2.1

Abstract

I learned to love noise being involved in the london punk scene in 1976-1977 as guitarist for a band called the violators playing the roxy club as support for such luminaries as xtc, siouxie and the banshees, and squeeze / i celebrated thatcher's election by catching a plane to Sydney in 1980 and i have divided my time between europe and australia ever since i became interested in working with computers in the late 80s being excited by the idea of a machine that could generate random elements and make decisions - i also enjoy letting the (limitations of the) machine influence the aesthetic of the work and thus a piece of superseded technology is often more interesting to me than a new one - only when a better newer product becomes available and desirable, can something begin to reveal its true aura / i see the role of linear media like radio and audio cd as affording a snapshot of a dynamic work which continues to shift and change and so it is with my EarClip (Returning v2.1) which was also presented in a very different context as an installation running off several vintage computers at the wagga wagga regional art gallery as part of my solo exhibition there.