"Original Architects" builds its soundscape from various software synthesis processes.  Layers of sound are built up and juxtaposed utilizing Pro Tools.  Each layer or "voice" is structured to move and develop without repetition.  A combination of automation, post-production engineering, LFO and multiple modulation sources is utilized.  Firstly, individual synth voices are developed - the slow evolution of a sound and its "connection" to the other voices are paramount in the aesthetic.  These evolving sounds are processed within Pro Tools to further fix and enhance the ambience of the sonic space.  Working in the collaborative mode requires of artists an open mind to external aesthetic deliberation.  The "ambience" of the sound is submitted to dialog and discussion.  The different aesthetic facets must satisfy the different perspectives of the group.  This leads to changes in the direction and make-up of the sounds.  Such a process is integral to the experience of creative collaboration - the work must form itself around a fluid logic of making.

Inspired by termite mounds outside the window of Magpie Studios in the Adelaide Hills, this work reflects on the local landscape 

and reveals the artists' fascination with termite architecture and the beauty of nature at work.

Employing traditional and non-traditional printmaking methods, the work consists of multiple layers of digital prints on Mylar. 

The lines and forms are suggestive of the tunnels, corridors and spaces termites use for transport, food storage and environmental control. 

The work is an aesthetic exploration into the internal mechanisms of a termite colony, their connection to land and sky and to the immediate topography.