Gastric Tones [audio installation]
Digital Artefact
Holmes, P. (2017)
Gastric Tones [audio installation]. [Gallery exhibition]
Audio recording and acrylic speakers.
In his previous sound works, Paul Holmes has captured and transformed recordings of the human voice; this is the first piece that makes ...
Storm Piece [audio installation]
Digital Artefact
Holmes, P. (2017)
Storm Piece [audio installation]. [Gallery exhibition]
20 channel voice recording. Audio speakers.
The huge oceanic swells that hit the western European coast bring visitors from all over the world to experience the surfing. Th...
Ballygunge Phari [HD video]
Digital Artefact
Holmes, P. (2017)
Ballygunge Phari [HD video]. [Gallery exhibition]
HD Video, black and white, silent.
Named after one of South Kolkata's busiest intersections, this work captures the roaming inhabitants of the city, and its relentless strea...
The Persistence of Vision [HD video]
Digital Artefact
Holmes, P. (2015)
The Persistence of Vision [HD video]. [Gallery exhibition]
HD Video projection. Black and White, silent.
"Instruction painting separates painting into two different functions: the instructions and the realization. The work becomes a...
These Measures are for your Protection [HD video]
Digital Artefact
Holmes, P. (2015)
These Measures are for your Protection [HD video]. [Gallery exhibition]
HD Video. Colour, sound.
The use of stress positions as an interrogation technique bordering on torture can be traced back to the Spanish Inquisition and before. In more rece...
Outside the Box [HD video]
Digital Artefact
Holmes, P. (2015)
Outside the Box [HD video]. [Gallery exhibition]
HD Video, Silent, Black and White. Duration: 22 minutes.
To make this video artwork, the faces of jazz guitarist and composer Haftor Medbøe's quartet were filmed in extrem...
Memory's Journey [audio installation]
Digital Artefact
Holmes, P. (2014)
Memory's Journey [audio installation]. [Festival exhibition]
Voice recording, outdoor speakers, wind-up stands.
This sound sculpture responds to resonances between the work of Robert Burns and Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.
As Burn...
Time Machine [HD video]
Digital Artefact
Holmes, P. (2013)
Time Machine [HD video]. [Gallery exhibitions]
HD Video, shelf and polyurethane mesh. Black and white, silent.
In this piece, the artist performs facial work-out exercises in big close-up and extreme slow-motion. The hi...
The Loop [HD video]
Digital Artefact
Holmes, P., & McMurdo, W. (2009)
The Loop [HD video]. [Gallery exhibitions]
Two channel HD Video. Colour, silent.
In this two-screen collaboration with artist-photographer Wendy McMurdo, a young girl on the right-hand screen appears to control the mo...