Greg is interested in walking as a means of engaging with public spaces, the exploration of urban environments and its hidden histories through image and sound, and the creation of hybrid sculptural objects or assemblages utilising found natural and man-made objects.
His current project, Alpheus & Aeolus, uses short range FM transmitters to broadcast sounds generated from the wind and hidden waterways in Melbourne's CBD. The waterway sounds are pre-recorded and mixed live with the wind generated sounds.
Alpheus & Aeolus
As part of Test Sites, Greg Giannis utilised sounds provided by nature, namely wind and water, to create a contemplative space in a city laneway.
Wind sounds were captured using painted vertical pipes installed alongside those that exist in the laneway. Water sounds were captured by tapping into the submerged urban stream (Williams Creek) that runs beneath Elizabeth St, approximately 20 metres from the laneway.
The sounds are transmitted by short range (~10m) FM transmitters. This creates a sonic
installation which can be experienced in a number of ways: by individuals walking through the space with an FM radio, as an event where the sounds are amplified creating a very different sonic environment as sounds are not isolated, and as a publicly driven event where anyone can bring along one or more FM radios and create an interactive sonic experience through the positioning of the radios.