A K Dolven

bodøvoices

2014
Steel and copper, 18 metres with light, sound and Løddingen granite
Cry Baby Pedal
60 x 60 x 10 cm

Bodøvoices 2014 is about listening, and memory. The installation consisted of an oversized lamppost (18m) - similar lampposts may be found along any harbour or road in Norway. The lamp's circular beam becomes a spotlight - creating an outdoor stage for the city's population. A Cry Baby pedal is placed in the centre where the light hits the ground, fixed on a black square in the white snow during the winter. This type of pedal is normally use together with an electric guitar to create a 'wah-wah' pedal activates sounds heard from 18 metres above. The audio is the voices of people from Bodø in 2014: footballers from local team Glimt, a great-grandmother with her two great-grandchildren, a boy born in 2014 and a young blogger. Ech soun fragment lasts from 2 to 5 seconds.