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The Shipping Forecast |
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A Photographic Exhibition by Mark Power |
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Sound Installation by Mr Miller & Mr Porter |
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Foundation Gallery, Spitalfields Market, London |
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30 September to 11 November 1999 |
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Mark Power |
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Mark Power is an experienced documentary photographer whose work has been exhibited widely and published in several major magazines. His project, 'The Shipping Forecast', has been touring Britain for the past two and a half years and is now on the continent at its 17th venue. The accompanying book is now in its third edition. Mark is currently documenting the construction of the Millennium Dome. Part of this project was recently exhibited at the Zelda Cheatle Gallery, London, and is to tour. Forthcoming venues include Florence, Buenos Aires and Hull. Next year Mark will be undertaking a commission for the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam to produce work for their contemporary collection. He has been a member of Network Photographers since 1988. In his other life he is a Senior Lecturer in Editorial Photography at the University of Brighton. |
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The Sound Installation |
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(i) Ten period radios in the gallery represent the 'domestic' experience of listening to the shipping forecast. Samples of area forecasts are split into their four basic parts: Sea Area - Wind Direction and Speed - Precipitation - Visibility and selected randomly by computer, within the formal structure, so continually inventing possible forecasts. For example: Finisterre - Easterly 6 to gale 8 - Squally Showers - Good The familiar words and phrases are separated and stretched allowing the listener time to savour the beauty and romance of this enigmatic language. The computer also selects which radio(s) will output each individual sample, therefore creating the effect of movement around the space. ii) Sounds of sea, wind, rain and shipping provide an ambient backdrop to remind us of the real purpose of the shipping forecast - to protect the lives of those at sea. |
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