The Helm: Doodle-ee Dee with Doodles and Sounds

Art space “The Helm” will host its first sound-related exhibition from April 17th-May 8th. Centering on the works of five international artists, the oddly (but appropriately) titled “Doodle-ee Dee” will “explore different relationships that exist between audio and visual stimuli”. Focal point of “Doodle-ee Dee” is Seattle-based Garek J. Druss’ sculpture and massive composition “Sound System”. For his latest piece, Druss has transferred idiosyncratic techniques and methods from his visual working process to the realms of sound and created a three hour long track. The acoustic material and the sculpture are closely connected, as the music is played through a set of self-built amplifiers (see picture). French guests Amelie Clavier and Gaelle Maas, meanwhile, have allowed their drawings (or, as The Helm put it, “doodles” – hence, probably, the exhibition’s title) to be influenced by the vitality of pop music.

It will also be more than interesting to observe the influence a recent CD-collaboration has had on the work of Marc Manning and Yann Novak. Early this year, the duo teamed for the album “Pairings” on Novak’s “Dragon’s Eye Recordings”, one of the more active and promising record companies to emerge of lately (or re-emerge, as the outfit had originally been founded by Yan’s father in 1989). That record has been hailed as a piece of pure ambient, without any visual connotations whatsoever. Now the two are back with seperate works on offer. Manning’s contribution for “Doodle-ee Dee” is intended as a string of “elaborate meditations on words and silence”, while Novak’s “Corrupt Media, Corrupt Data” wants to “explore the place of sound art in the marketplace and the point at which a work is given worth”. For Yann Novak, it is yet another gallery work after several similar appearances over the past few months.

The Helm was founded by Peter Lynn and Sean Alexander and intends to build rapport with local and intenational artists through monthly exhibitions.

Homepage: The Helm
By Tobias Fischer, published 2008-04-08

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