Inquiry: At The Intersection of Curiosity (2022)
Installation of 8 kinetic sound sculptures at the The Delaware Contemporary
The sound sculptures in this 2-person exhibit came from an ongoing series titled Inner Spaces. This series of kinetic sound sculptures and installations that explore the fragile relationship between shared and private experiences and spaces. The aural dimension of space can invite us into environments that aren’t readily accessible, or from which we have been excluded or displaced, whether by design or force. As a result, this series also addresses issues of climate change by drawing attention to often ignored habitats.
Each sculpture has internal cavities and baffles that turn it into an acoustic filter of the outside space, giving us a glimpse of what the outside world might sound like if we were to place ourselves inside the sculpture (heard through headphones). Formally, some sculptures look like familiar dwelling spaces that have sprung legs or are set at impossible heights, enhancing our sense of alienation from the environment. Others grant us access to the interior spaces of domestic vessels. Most pieces make external sounds through various mechanical movements controlled by microprocessors inside them. These visual and aural perspectives on otherwise inaccessible spaces highlight the basic human desire to occupy our environments and the tension that arises when we begin to modify them to fit our needs—the sculptures thwart those desires in frustratingly poetic ways.
Each sculpture has internal cavities and baffles that turn it into an acoustic filter of the outside space, giving us a glimpse of what the outside world might sound like if we were to place ourselves inside the sculpture (heard through headphones). Formally, some sculptures look like familiar dwelling spaces that have sprung legs or are set at impossible heights, enhancing our sense of alienation from the environment. Others grant us access to the interior spaces of domestic vessels. Most pieces make external sounds through various mechanical movements controlled by microprocessors inside them. These visual and aural perspectives on otherwise inaccessible spaces highlight the basic human desire to occupy our environments and the tension that arises when we begin to modify them to fit our needs—the sculptures thwart those desires in frustratingly poetic ways.