Ice Follies 2008

February 23rd - March 17th, 2008

Peter Nickle, Ice Cracks, 2008

Materials: PZM microphones and electrical/audio cables

Ice Cracks by Peter Nickle is a sound art installation is that operated from a small recreational vehicle parked adjacent to the lake. Inside the vehicle North Bay artist, Peter Nickle assembled the audio recording gear he needed to record, amplify in playback the sound of the ice. These groans and cracks were recorded by three microphones that Nickle planted directly into the ice for the duration of the show.

Artist Bio:

Peter Nickle is a North Bay audio artist, musician and sound engineer who owns dozens of guitars and literally tons of electrical machinery. He has also shown his photography in the Blue Sky region and currently works as Assistant to the Technical Director at the Capitol Centre in North Bay.

Peter Nickle details his plans for an audio recording and broadcasting installation, “Ice Cracks”: