Vicky Browne is an installation artist who utilises everyday objects such as walkmans, iPods, clothing and furniture to comment on Western systems of consumption and networked relationships to ecologies. (Sound Arts Lecture Series | CRiSAP research centre, UAL, 2023).

She is building sculptures of turntables, CD players and recorders from various materials. Sculptures are interactive and able actually ’to play’ although expectations from what is being played may be very different than from usual players and turntables. Playing sculptures sonically represent the material from which they are created whether it is metal, glass, wood or stick from the forest (which is still wood however at this point the attention is brought to the place of origin – forest).

Some ways how Vicky Browne executes an exhibition in the gallery reminded me approach of Rie Nakajima. She positions various sculptures from various materials across the space and let visitor walk through it and immerse themselves in a cacophony of sound. However she would call such a set up rather installation than sculpture. Similarly as Rie Nakajima, Vicky Browne’s approach is very ecological. She uses a lot of recycled and old material.

Bibliography:

Sound Arts Lecture Series | CRiSAP research centre, UAL (2023). Available at: https://crisap.org/research/projects/sound-arts-lecture-series/.