The Heritage Blinman Mine Experience
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2010
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Harrald, L.
Heydrich, P.
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Luke Harrald (software, hardware and acoustic design) Instruments : Electro-acoustic composition + Software and Hardware design incorporating a custom 32 channel speaker array. Premiere 28 June 2010. Permanently installed in the abandoned Blinman Copper Mine. Blinman, SA. 5434. Extent : 60 mins. There is 30 minutes of music in the soundtrack for this work. Guided tours run for one hour, as the music is not continuous, and there are other aspects to experiencing the installation in its entirety. This installation was an interdisciplinary, collaborative work. Other contributors were Teresa Crea (director), Peter Heydrich (photographer & technician), James Coulter (visual artist) and Malcolm Walker (writer). Since it’s installation there have been more than 500 tours of the work, involving more than 3000 people.