SUBSTANCE is a sound work on a 12” LP vinyl record. It includes 11 tracks each with a recording of a dissolving painkiller tablet. The tracks display variation in audio as the tablets dissolve due to the medicines different chemical properties and physical design such as size and thickness. The painkillers have been ordered from E-bay and shipped from around the globe.
Tracks
TREO - acetylsalicylic acid and caffeine
IPREN - 2-(4-Isobutylphenyl)propanoic acid
BAYER ASPIRIN C - acetylsalicylic acid and C-vitamin
DISPIRIN ASPIRIN - acetylsalicylic acid
ALVEDON - paracetamol
ANADIN EXTRA - acetylsalicylic acid, paracetamol and caffeine based
NUROFEN - 2-(4-Isobutylphenyl)propanoic acid
SOLPADEINE - paracetamol and caffeine
PANADOL - paracetamol
APOFRI - acetylsalicylic acid and caffeine
PINEX - paracetamol
RATIOPHARM - paracetamol