Website

http://www.sonicobjects.com

Relationship status

in a relationship

College / University

The Royal College of Art + University of Technology Sydney

Program

MARCA + Doctorate

Graduation

30 July 1996

Member type

Artist

If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?

Installation, Sculpture

I am...

Nigel Helyer (a.k.a. Dr Sonique) is an independent Sydney based Sculptor and Sound-Artist with an international reputation for his large scale sound-sculpture installations, environmental sculpture works, museum inter-actives and new media projects.

His practice is strongly inter-disciplinary, linking a broad platform of creative practice with scientific Research and Development in both Academic and Industrial contexts. His activities include; the development of the “Sonic Landscapes” virtual audio reality system in collaboration with Lake Technology (Sydney) and the ongoing “AudioNomad” research project in location sensitive Environmental Audio at the School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales.

Nigel is an honorary faculty member in Architectural Acoustics at the University of Sydney and a Professorial Visiting Fellow at the school of Computer Science and Engineering at UNSW. He has recently held positions as Visiting Professor at Stanford University, Artist in Residence at the Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland and he maintains active links with The Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco and the “SymbioticA” biotechnology lab at the University of Western.

About my artwork

a sculptor and sound-artist specialising in large scale environmental projects, interactive installations for museums and galleries as well as new media and bio-art works.

Artists I like

Bill Fontana, Paul DeMarinis, Wolf Vostell

Interests

All forms of Sound Art, Art and Science, Bio-Arts, Writing, Poetry, Sailing, Bush Walking.

The centre of the artworld is

nowhere and everywhere