The Rural Resonance Project The Artists in Schools Residency project provided students and teachers at Temora High School the opportunity to work with non-objective artists Sarah Last and Dr. David Burraston from “The Wired Lab”.

The Rural Resonance Project Located in Muttama, NSW, “The Wired Lab” was established to develop the work pioneered by Dr. Alan Lamb, who has been recording wires in the environment for many years.

The Rural Resonance Project Working in collaboration with the artists students at TEMORA High School built a 60 metre wired instrument allowing them to interact with and interrogate the school environment in unique ways.

The Rural Resonance Project This presentation will outline the application process, designing the project, working with the artists and the outcomes for the students and teachers in Visual Arts, Photographic & Digital Media, Drama, Dance and Music.

Varied, noisy Record: edition of 180; Woven badges: edition of 300, Field Guide zine: edition of 200; Postcard: edition of 350

A sound recordist with a particular and passionate interest in recording the wildlife sounds of animals, habitats and atmospheres from around the world. As a freelance recordist for film, tv & radio, Chris Watson specialises in natural history and documentary location sound together with track assembly and sound design in post production. He is a former member of “Cabaret Voltaire”

The Wired Lab Open Day “Rawilla” via Muttama, NSW October 31, Dr. Alan Lamb with local blokes Bill and John

We got the funding! The letter arrived and we received the full $8000 and so the Rural Resonance Project began in Term weeks – two artists- and a non objective form.

Psycho-geography Dates for visits Tuesday Feb 2 nd – site visit and meet teachers Thursday Feb 11- in – classroom visit (no whole school disruption) Thursday Feb 18 – Art withdrawal day, Dance (am) & Visual Arts (pm) Thursday Feb 25 – classroom visit Monday March 1 st - Artist in residency forum, Sydney. Thursday March 18 – withdrawal day Music

Psycho-Geography Visual Arts Students Learned about different ways to ways negotiate the landscape. They Learned to make imagery in response to feelings and sounds.

Making Artworks Thursday Feb 25 – classroom visit In response to the figure in the landscape the year 9 Visual Arts students then began making large scale artworks. Thursday Feb 25 – classroom visit We Learned about the work of artist Roland Wakelin and his response to sound in a visual form.

Year 9 Visual Arts students

Monday March 1 st - Artist in residency forum, Sydney. Artists in Schools Forum Held at Opera Australia Studios The Temora High School project was the only one which was really underway at this stage. We began the project with the view that we had a set timeline and a budget so there was no real reason to wait. The forum was useful in getting a picture of what other schools had applied for and we doing, which included writers in residence, working with designers and building public sculptures with artists. The “Rural Resonance Project” was unique in that it was working with a collaborative partnership of artist and curator.

VET Construction Thursday March 18 – withdrawal day Music This day we began building the “Temora High Wire” – the artists essentially saw this as a commission. The Temora High Wire is the sixth wire in Australia, and will be of interest to non-objective sound artists because it is the first in a built up area. The artists chose the site with permission of the Principal and following consideration of the school executive. We had to take into account OH&S, accessibility to students and potential for damage.

Working with School Personnel Essential to the success of the project was accessing a range of expertise from within the school. The School General Assistant, the VET Construction teacher and the Physics teacher and their classes were all involved in the project.

Building the Wires A sense of achievement The year 11 VET Construction Class enjoyed the process.

The first recording It blew us away!

The Dance Classes Learned about John Cage and Merce Cunningham Learned to choreograph to unstructured sound

Alan Lamb came from Western Australia to hear our wire Working with instruments to interact with the wire Using foam boxes to amplify voice through the wire

Music Students

Getting ready for the performance evening Rock MusiciansVET Entertainment Industries

The Rural Resonance Project The student curatorSarah Last – Wired Lab curator

Performance Evening Dance PerformanceDrama Performance

Learning Outcomes Temporal, site specific, performance based works Interaction with site and audience

Learning Outcomes Use of technologyWorking together in groups

Learning Outcomes Working collaboratively with artists Interacting with nature and the landscape in a non-conventional way.

The Teachers

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