Happy ... !

The twelfth drawing in my series of "Audible Drawings" is another homage to Throbbing Gristle and the Gristleism - this time playing track number 3, "Twenty Jazz Funk Greats"! The drawing shows the shadow of the Gristleism, where, as usual, the red part is where the device touched the paper during the drawing.


You may think I've uploaded my drawing upside down, but nope - this is how I've drawn it. (Look at the grass shadows in the previous posts - they're shown upside down!).

Here is a two minute mp3 excerpt of the recording - the complete CD length is 46 minutes, with variable pitch settings on the Gristleism, but always the same track.

This is my way to wish everybody - to use Chris Carter's words -
"Happy Gristlemas"!

24 x 12 cm

Audible Drawing # 11 - Gristleism Shadow #2

Audible Drawing Nr. 11 is my second "Gristleism Shadow" drawing - actually it's the shadow of the outer packaging of the Gristleism, while the Gristleism itself was standing aside and watching me draw, and playing track number 2, "Hamburger Lady", originally a Throbbing Gristle composition from 1978 or so.


The complete recording of the drawing process (45 minutes) should be available soon on a CDR together with the original drawing (as the inlet of the CD).

And by the way, thanks to Marc Weidenbaum from Disquiet.com who wrote a post about my previous audible drawing - if you're interested in audio art, don't hesitate to subscribe to his site!

Gristleism Shadow / Audible Drawing # 10

This week I received my impatiently awaited Gristleism - a good reason for another Audible Drawing!
So what you can see here among some thyme shadows, is the shadow of a Gristleism - placed on my block of Bristol paper with track one playing.
The red part is the position of the Gristleism (I colored it red once I removed the device from the paper, because .. my Gristleism is red).


12 x 24 cm, pencil and color pencil on Bristol paper, folded in the middle (to fit into a CD case).

The audio is about 31 minutes long: Pencil sound, some vehicles passing by at a distance, sometimes there's a bird, and the sound of track one, "Persuasion" (composed by Throbbing Gristle, of course). Here's just a two minute extract:

Here's a picture of the setup:

La Brague (Audible Drawing #9)

This is my ninth Audible Drawing, it shows the Brague, a little creek between Châteauneuf de Grasse and Antibes. (Full length 52 minues - I mean, the audio, not la Brague, which is 21 km.)

Mon neuvième dessin audio montre la Brague, un 'fleuve côtier' pas très loin de mon lieu de travail. Je l'ai fait jeudi dernier.

Meine neunte Hörzeichnung zeigt die Brague, einen kleinen Fluss zwischen Châteauneuf de Grasse und Antibes (die Stelle, die ich hier - letzten Donnerstag - gezeichnet habe, ist in Sophia Antipolis).

Squirrel (Audible Drawing #8)

Ecureuil / Eichhörnchen


Sure, this is a very sad drawing. But what makes me think most when I see such scenes is that the driver might as well have been me.
On the recording, of course, you hear a lot of cars passing by while I was drawing.

Je sais que c'est un dessin triste, sinon macabre. Mais ce qui me rend le plus pensif quand je vois une scène pareille, c'est que moi aussi j'aurais pu être à la place de l'automobiliste.
Evidemment, sur l'enregistrement on entend surtout des véhicules qui passaient lorsque j'étais en train de dessiner.

Dies ist zugegebenermassen eine eher makabre Zeichnung. Aber was mich dabei nachdenklich macht, ist, dass das auch mir hätte passieren können.
Auf der Aufnahme hört man passend dazu natürlich noch eine ganze Menge Autos vorbeifahren, während ich zeichnete.


(As usual, this is an extract - full length: 18 minutes)

Silent rain (Audible Drawing #7)

Pluie silencieuse / Stiller Regen

I made this drawing on the 19th January, but as always, the post-production took some time ... below is a two-minute-extract of the recording (the entire recording is 39 minutes).
You probably don't see it from the drawing, but it started to rain after a few minutes, and I did most of the drawing holding my umbrella ... it was a very silent rain though, you don't really hear it on the recording.

Voici mon dessin audio du 19 janvier... il a commencé à pleuvoir quelques minutes après que je m'étais installé, et j'ai tenu mon parapluie pendant la plupart du temps, mais c'était une pluie assez silencieuse - sur l'enregistrement on ne l'entend presque pas.

Dies ist also meine Hörzeichnung Nr. 7 vom 19. Januar. Wenige Minuten nachdem ich angefangen hatte zu zeichnen, fing es an zu regnen - aber es war ein sehr stiller Regen, auf der Aufnahme hört man ihn kaum.

Silent Drawing

Dessin silencieux / Schweigende Zeichnung


Originally I didn't want to publish this drawing at all, because it was meant to become an audible drawing (as you may guess from the format, 24 x 12 cm, folded in the middle), but something with my recording setup went wrong this time. Finally I thought, "silent drawing" would make a nice title too. (Comes without CD.)

D'abord je ne voulais pas publier ce dessin: Il devait devenir un dessin audio, d'où le format 24 x 12 cm (plié au milieu), mais mon enregistrement n'a pas marché cette fois-ci. Finalement je me suis dit, "dessin silencieux" serait un bon titre également. (Sans cd)

Erst wollte ich diese Zeichnung gar nicht veröffentlichen, denn - wie man aus dem Format, 24 x 12 cm, mit Falz in der Mitte, wohl erraten kann, es sollte eine Hörzeichnung werden, aber mit meiner Aufnahme ist etwas schiefgelaufen. Schließlich dachte ich, "Schweigende Zeichnung" ist auch kein schlechter Titel. (Ohne CD)

Audible Drawing #6

This is my Audible Drawing # 6 from the 3rd December 2008.
I only wanted to post it once the CD is ready, but I recognize it will take a little more time and I don't want to remain silent any longer... So here is the drawing, and a little extract to listen. (If you don't hear a lot, that's normal! I'm only drawing!)

Dessin Audio no. 5 -
Normalement je ne voulais pas mettre ce dessin en ligne avant d'avoir fini le CD, mais je vois que cela va durer encore, et je n'ai plus envie de laisser mon blog sans nouvelles - alors voici le dessin, et un petit extrait à écouter. Ah bien sûr, cela ne fait pas beaucoup de bruit!

Hörzeichnung Nr. 6 - Eigentlich wollte ich die Zeichnung erst zeigen, wenn auch die CD fertig ist, aber das wird noch ein Weilchen dauern - also hier ist die Zeichnung, und unten ein kleiner Auszug zum Anhören. Ich weiss, viel zu hören gibt's da natürlich nicht! Aber so ist das nun mal...

Audible Drawing #5

Audible Drawing # 5 from the 31st January 2008
Pencil, 12 x 24 cm

Audible Drawing #4

Audible Drawing #4 from the 24th January
Pencil, 24 x 12 cm

Audible Drawing #3

This drawing is from the 18th January 2008. Pencil and Indian ink on heavy watercolor paper (270 g, 12 x 12 cm), it comes with a CD of the sound recorded during the drawing process (44.6 minutes).
Recorded to a printable Taiyo Yuden 'Watershield' CDR.


Here is a little extract:

Audible Drawing #2

I made this drawing on the 11th January: It is pencil on 270 g watercolor paper, and comes in a CD jewel case - accompanied by a CD with the sound of the pencil on the paper, recorded during the complete drawing process (41.5 minutes).

It was raining a lot, and I decided to draw in my car - so the environmental noise on this one (besides the pencil) is mainly the radio, and from time to time you can hear the rain becoming louder ... and sometimes I turned the wipers on to see something. (I'll try to add a small audio extract to this post later.)

Recorded to a high quality printable Taiyo Yuden 'Watershield' CDR in a limited edition of one (see below).

Audible Drawing #1

It took a certain time to prepare it, but here it finally is: Audible Drawing number one.

This is the first one in an unlimited series of 'audible drawings'.
It is pencil on paper, measures 12 x 12 cm, and comes in a CD jewel case - accompanied by a CD.

The CD is a recording of the drawing: The sound of the pencil on the paper, recorded during the entire creation process of this very drawing. Besides the pencil scratching, some environmental noise can be heard as well, such as birds or cars passing by: You can hear exactly the same things as I have heard while I was drawing. Assist in the birth of a drawing, re-experience the atmosphere of the landscape - become an ear witness of fourty-eight minutes of my life...

The audio is recorded to a printable CDR in a 'limited edition of one'.

I'll sell it on ebay soon, except if anyone wants to buy it before I have the time to do so - special price for this first one: 50 Euros, postage included to anywhere in the world, Paypal accepted.