Shock Corridor

Shock Corridor was a sound installation that engaged with the RELAY project space at Bricks Bristol as a site specific context. The installation used the 24m length of the space and the aspect of the windows onto St Anne’s, to create a sonic landscape that frames the story of a gigantic alien cloud that appears above the earth, blocks out the sun and tries to suffocate the planet. Based on Fred Hoyles’ 1957 Science Fiction novel The Black Cloud, the narrative used field recordings and site-specific research to transform the space into a speculative ‘corridor’ within a scientific building in which a communication apparatus attempts to make contact with the cloud that appears to have an agency of its own, transforming St Anne’s into a landscape of ecological disaster.

The installation had a number of sound objects that responded to audience interaction and the sounds of birds and activity surrounding of the space using microphones and effects pedals. A number of collaged prints and found images were used in the work.

This residency is part of the development phase of a larger site-specific installation inspired by The Black Cloud and was accompanied by an Artist talk as part of a public talks programme at Bricks.