The Harmonic Oscillator

As a four year process that engaged deeply with illness, healing, and death, as well as ideas around sound ecology, the agency of patients and families, hierarchies within hospitals, and the value of the artist within these real life challenges, The Harmonic Oscillator has many stories to share about the artistic process, the methods used, and the evolving nature of working in this way. 

 

Vic McEwan has written a paper that outlines not only the theoretical reasons for this project, but also something of a journal, examining the process of working in a hospital space as an artist, confronted by issues of life and death and the resulting emotional journey this creates, combined with the need for both artistic and practical outcomes. 

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