New Media Scotland and The Changing Room present:

NonAmbient - a new audio work by Alistair Gentry

30 September to 18 November 2000, The Changing Room, Stirling

"Artists like Alistair Gentry are producing the only true insights into
and reflections of our messed-up, noise-fuelled life" - Time Out

NonAmbient is an infinite, self-generating sound work about motorised,
mechanical, electrical and electronic voices we build and create for
ourselves.

Alistair Gentry has been artist in residence in Stirling over the last
few months. Through digital processing, many hours of recordings made in
and around Stirling have been extracted, magnified and looped
electronically. There are nearly one million permutations of the sounds
that have been discovered through this process and generative software
navigates its way through all of them.

The constantly changing stream of sound in the gallery may at times
suggest stories or questions. Why is there jazz in the radiators? How
many faxes, phone calls and text messages are passing through you right
now?

The gallery also has an area where visistors can sit, listen to the
work, or tune out for as long as they wish. They may also browse
Alistair Gentry's websites and read his books.

For the enjoyment of other visitors to the gallery, the artist requests
that all mobile phones are switched ON and that you talk about something
interesting.

A New Media Scotland Commission in partnership with Stirling Council.

For further details contact:

New Media Scotland
The Changing Room P.O. Box 25065
35 The Arcade Glasgow
G1 5YP Stirling FK8 1AX
Tel: +44 141 564 3010
+44 141 564 3011

info@mediascot.org
changingroom@changingroom.sol.co.uk