In She Moves Through the Fair (Pipe Whistle), the sound of British folk singer Anne Briggs singing the work’s namesake song originates from a small concealed speaker within a large soundproof box. The music moves from the soundproof box through the different sizes and lengths of pipes simultaneously – these different sizes and lengths of pipe create varied resonant environments which alter the sound of the singing. At the end of each pipe a microphone picks up the altered sound. A microprocessor turns one microphone on at a time (the ON/OFF pattern is based on the song’s structure and takes 24 minutes to complete one cycle), and this sound is then heard through speakers. Hearing one microphone at a time allows the differently altered sounds to be heard consecutively. PLEASE NOTE that the video recording does not fully capture all of the subtle audio shifts.
Exhibition History: 2008 Art Gallery of Windsor (Canada); 2007 Museum London (Canada); 2003 Art Gallery of Calgary (Canada); 2003 Durham Art Gallery (Canada); 2002 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Halifax, Canada); 2000 The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
Publication: Campbell, Nancy. “How to Draw Sound.” Marla Hlady, The Power Plant, 2001.
Press: Anderson, Shannon. “Marla Hlady: The Art of Noise.” Canadian Art. Spring: 2013. 92-97.
Ghaznavi, Corinna. “Marla Hlady.” Espace Sculpture, vol. 58, Winter, 2001-2002, pp. 45.
Milroy, Sarah. “The Real Art of Noise.” The Globe and Mail, 30 August, 2001, pp. R4.
Whyte, Murray. “Spinning Everyday Items.” National Post, 23 June, 2001, pp. F8.
See also: Plans for Pipe Whistle
