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Semiconductor make Sound Films which reveal our physical world in flux; cities in motion, shifting landscapes and systems in chaos. Since 1999 UK artists Ruth Jarman and Joseph Gerhardt have been exploring many processes of digital animation to produce experimental films and live animation. Central to these works is the role of sound, which becomes synonymous with the image, as it creates, controls and deciphers it; exploring resonance, through the natural order of things.
Finely crafted digital work is combined with analogue processes that tailor the randomness and errors within computer systems as co-conspirator. These works are exhibited in galleries, festivals, cinemas and biennials worldwide; in addition they are presented as surround sound installations. Recent exhibitions include; Venice Biennale; EMAF Germany, Prague Contemporary Art Festival and Inhabituel; Milan.
Recently they have been awarded numerous fellowships, awards and residencies, notably at the NASA Space sciences Laboratory UC Berkeley, California.