The Ambient Project The House of Medusa - Sounds for Creation, was recorded at The Basilica in Istanbul. With 140m length, 70m width and 52m height, it is supported by 336 columns. Built in 4thC by the Emperor Constantine I, it shelters two stone heads of Medusa. To keep them from doing bad magic, they are kept under two heavy marble columns.
This project was implemented during the Modern Art Biennale in 2003 in Istanbul, when the Cistern was used to present several conceptual art works of vision and sound - of wind, of birds and singing - they echo in the incredible space of the ancient water cistern and mix with voices of people, speaking different languages, water dripping from the ceiling, fish splashing, even you could hear the splash of cleaner’s rag and the bracelets of the recording author.
The sound picture you hear is the result of my movement in the cistern between the sources of the sounds, the visitors and the silence.