Field Work Archives - Jeff Romejko https://jeffromejko.com/category/field-work/ Sun, 25 Feb 2024 16:45:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/jeffromejko.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cropped-Untitled-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Field Work Archives - Jeff Romejko https://jeffromejko.com/category/field-work/ 32 32 158526412 Listening to a sculpture park https://jeffromejko.com/2020/04/25/listening-to-a-sculpture-park/ Sat, 25 Apr 2020 04:00:50 +0000 https://jeffromejko.com/?p=999 My inspiration to buy a field recorder can be traced back to the moment I saw Beverly Pepper’s, Paraclete sculpture at Art Omi five years ago.

The steel structure bellows deep, rich tones from the slightest tap. Once inside the pyramid, it’s irregular shape warps any sound you make. The tight, resonant reverberations evolve as often as you move your ears.

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Beverly Pepper, Paraclete, 1973 Cor-Ten steel, 192" x 108" x 342" Photograph by Aislinn Wilde.

My inspiration to buy a field recorder can be traced back to the moment I saw Beverly Pepper’s, Paraclete sculpture at Art Omi five years ago. 

The steel structure bellows deep, rich tones from the slightest tap. Once inside the pyramid, it’s irregular shape warps any sound you make. The tight, resonant reverberations evolve as often as you move your ears. 

A rush of ideas and sonic possibilities came upon me. I pictured myself with a portable recorder, exploring unusual spaces, and experimenting with the unique sound characteristics within. I learned from this missed opportunity by purchasing a handheld Zoom recorder when I got home. 

Fast forward five years. My brother Derek just got a new Zoom recorder in an unrelated purchase of his own. It came on our hike last week.

This week, we learned Art Omi is open despite the pandemic (thanks for this info to Chelsea, who also planned my first trip to the park). A walk through the sculpture park sounded like a nice break from the trails. 

It wasn’t until this moment that I made the full circle realization that Omi was the last place I went without a Zoom recorder and one of the first Derek went with his. 

Atelier Van Lieshout, Blast Furnace, 2013 708,7” x 393,7” x 413,4”, Steel and Wood Photo by Derek Romejko

Derek and I collecting a few sound samples to future use. 

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]]> 999 Revealing the sounds of a historic quarry https://jeffromejko.com/2020/04/19/revealing-the-sounds-of-a-historic-quarry/ Sun, 19 Apr 2020 04:00:55 +0000 https://jeffromejko.com/?p=975 “When the quarry was abandoned, much of the equipment and structures were left just as it was (as if the quarrymen had gone for lunch and never returned). The site has stayed the same, plus some rust, until now.” Derek brought his trusty Zoom recorder on our hike through the defunct Chester-Hudson Quarry. We stocked up […]

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“When the quarry was abandoned, much of the equipment and structures were left just as it was (as if the quarrymen had gone for lunch and never returned). The site has stayed the same, plus some rust, until now.”

Derek brought his trusty Zoom recorder on our hike through the defunct Chester-Hudson Quarry. We stocked up on rusty metallic samples that I can’t wait to try out. 

In the clips below, you will see us tapping away at the rusty old machine parts. Even better, you’ll hear the sounds they emit as if echoing back through time. 

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