Detritical Labyrinth 2010

Detritical Labyrith was collaboration between Sophia Kouyoumdjian and Mark Brown. The installation was exhibited at Momentum Sydney International Forum for Contemporary Video Art, New Media and Performance 12 – 15 May 2010. Carriageworks, Eveleigh, Sydney Detritical Labyrith was a site-specific installation installed in a dark stair well space. It was an assemblage incorporating a neon element referencing a labyrinth form installed directly onto a masonry wall. Below the neon was an upturned 10” sub woofer speaker. Sitting in the speaker cone were fragments of detritus originally collected at the now abandoned South Fremantle PowerStation in Western Australia. These fragments included a mix of metallic rust, glass, natural matter and graffiti paint scraped from solid steel girders in the empty building. Sound recordings made at the Momentum Sydney exhibition site (former uniform dispensary for Railcorp railway workers) were played through the sub woofer speaker agitating the detritus in the upturned speaker cone. The audio filed recordings later used in sound performances by collaborative project group Unit 7 held at the closing event for Momentum Sydney.