SCORE FOR A HOLE IN THE GROUND
Published 45 months ago
Jem Finer's outdoor music/art piece Score for a Hole in the Ground
One of the founding members of The Pogues, musician and artist Jem Finer's outdoor music/art piece 'Score for a Hole in the Ground' has been receiving continuous praise since its installation in Kings Wood, Kent in September.
Winning the first New Music Award in July 2005, a prize fund given towards the creation of an original piece of British music, Finer used the money to build a series of underground ducts and a deep acoustic chamber that collects and amplifies the sounds of water and feeds them up to ground level via a 7 metre steel horn.
The sound created is an eerie acoustic theme tune to the wood itself and although completely organic, sounds a lot like the more edgier end of electronica. The idea is that as the sounds are created from water and natural movement underground, the sound will continue to be made, and continue to be constantly unique, for as long as the installation remains there.
Jem is currently working on varied projects, playing with the Jem Finer Two Man Band, a "trash country cosmic rockabilly" set up and another band, Big Eyed Beans from Venus, formed with members of the Oxford University Astrophysics department.
