GEMMA ROBINSON

Sydney-based student and practicing artist. For enquiries or purchase please contact [email protected]

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(My Audio Visualisers) Recording #3 Washing Machine

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(My Audio Visualisers) Recording #2 Rain in the Car

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(My Audio Visualisers) Recording #1  Rain on the roof

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Where to go from here?

I've always had an interest in visualisers so I'd like to experiment a little with an audio equivalent. Instead of recording the sounds that disrupt the flow of daily life I'd rather record those which accompany it- the white noise (which in contrast can really be quite relaxing).

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Robinson, Gemma ‘Untitled 05’ 2012 Contact: [email protected]

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Work in progress

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Work in progress

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Silent Retreat Vs. Meditation Through Sound

Was working on creating a library of sounds. Household, everyday sounds- beeps, buzzes and warnings. Came across an article in the SMH 'The Inner Journey' by Brigid Delaney discussing silent retreats.

They're a kind of therapy that has erupted in reaction to : "In modern society we are surrounded by noise – traffic noise, endless emails and phone calls, the chatter of people, and so forth.  It seems that there is never a quiet time to relax and recharge any more.  Why not consider a silent retreat as a way of getting away from all this noise?"

..pretty much the gist of the article

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Gemma Robinson, Artist Statement

My work is really a return to primitive, abstract painting through an exploration of paint, surface, colour and shape. Through what are carefully considered shape and colour combinations I aim to create a kind of discourse between the geometric and (more recently) the organic. Its about creating a stunning visual effect.

My purpose is to achieve the totally abstract- a contradiction between organic shape and composition versus a clean, mechanised and ‘geometric’ application. I like to pay particular focus though to the materiality of the paint; through application, layering and surface variety.

In the future I’d like to take my work in the direction of installation; and also to further experiment with the concept of shaped canvas.

  Influences: Daniel Hollier, Frank Stellar, Jan Van Der Ploeg, Kenneth Noland, 

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Robinson, Gemma ‘Untitled 04’ 2012 Contact: [email protected]

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Romance Was Born at MBFWA '12

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Take #2

Its like when you see a word repeated over and over again- it begins to seem ridiculous or you start to question the spelling- the same thing happens with sound.

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Take #1

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Experimental Writing with Sound- Dabbling in onomatopoeia 

Utilising sound to bridge the gap of being able to create that whole physical actuality-thing which I was struggling with previously. Going about it through an exploration of onomatopoeia.

Exploring the parallels of onomatopoeia: seeing a word and the automatic association with the sound.

I'd like to create an installation space where each sound is accessible. Perhaps labelled by the word.

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pin, prick, sharp, shoot, BANG!, on, target ||  light, up, beat, down, pour, 

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Not entirely unrelated- couldn't find a video from Caravan Slam but this kid is not too shabby