2019
Sculptor’s foam, bronze, 3d printed PLA, LED lighting system, 16-channel sound installation; sound, 60 min loop
NESS software and NESS laboratory residency courtesy of NESS, Stefan Bilbao, Talbot Rice Gallery, and Tessa Giblin at the University of Edinburgh; research supported by the Talbot Rice Gallery, St Cecilia’s Hall, and the Reid School of Music at the University of Edinburgh; 3d-printing support by Andrew Crowe @ Meta Objects; bronze casting support by Clarke Colm; spatialization support by Stephen Moore; mouthpiece 3d model adapted from “Smooth 7C Bach Trombone” by Boesfx Cvsupo @ Thingiverse (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2723035), CC by 2.0; exhibition and fabrication support by Tessa Giblin, Melissa MacRobert and Clarke Colm @ Talbot Rice Gallery; photo documentation Sally Jubb
”The music coming from those speakers—intermittent, changeable bursts of complex sound—was composed by Young using some of the most unusual instruments imaginable. Indeed, these instruments only “exist” in Young’s imagination and in the digital realm: he created them using software developed by NESS (Next Generation Sound Synthesis), a research project at the University of Edinburgh. By feeding his chosen parameters into the algorithm they created, Young was able to find out what sounds would be made by brass instruments that defy the laws of physics: a 20-foot trumpet, for instance, and a bugle that operates when blown into with breath at 300ºC.”
Version 2 of Possible Music was commissioned by the Talbot Rice Gallery at the University of Edinburgh.