Laurie Anderson invited me to develop ideas for the “Real World Barcelona” project she was developing together with Peter Gabriel and Brian Eno, an experiential theme park. “Passage” originated from one of those ideas as a prototype.
“Passage” is comprised of a suspended audio chair, a sound amplification system and two video monitors. The video that plays on the monitors runs at two different frequency rates. The audio swing is built to detect sound at –65 decibels.
“Flight” was a 35’ sq. cu. Ft. Multi-media installation that was composed of a 16 ft. wooden lath airplane (raised on a steel stand), two video monitors, and a 4.5’ acrylic stand/steel gun rack loaded with 100 + paper airplanes displaying the text “TO BE FREE”.
The two video monitors played synchronized video images. The 16 ft. lath plane was constructed in four sections. The sections were made of 1/8” H x 1 ½” W wooden strips (pop riveted together) and hardware fabricated of sheet metal.
"Flight"
Choice
Description:
“Walking on broken glass/Choice” is a performance composed of three performers, tow video monitors, computer altered sound representing a heart beat, (a crucifix designed) steel chair, and a 6’ H x 6’ W x 6” D box containing 1,000 lbs. of broken safety glass.
The installation was composed of the remnants of the performance, playing both the video imagery used during the performance and a video of the performance. The installation remained for two weeks after the performance.
“Silence” was the first sound sculpture installation to be exhibited at The Delaware Center for Contemporary Art in the summer of 1990. “Silence” was a proposal for a temporary large-scale environmental sound sculpture.
The installation simulated two proposed environmental sound spaces within coastal and stream landscapes. A 5’W x 12’L graphite drawing of a coastal landscape installation combined with the audio tapes helped create a clear visual image of the proposed sound sculptures with viewer-participants. A bench was also provided for the participants who spent longer time in the space.
"Silence"
"Silence" audio excerpt
Fire and Water
Cristina Cultural Arts Cener
Wilmington, Del.
Description:
An installation composed of three 5’Wx 7’H hanging paintings with cages entitles “Trust” (cast in Aluminum), “Faith” (recorded holographic ally) and “Durability” (etched in glass). Each of the words was a component of the cage structures. Each cage served the dual purpose of being both an exhibition element and a protective transport housing for the painting that it was displayed in front of. The “Faith” and “Durability” cages were solid units. The “Trust” cage disassembled into two parts, separating the cast word “Trust” from the structure.
"Fire and water"
Time
Description:
“Time” was a 6’Hx 10’Wx 10’D multi-media sound installation composed of two video monitors, a digital clock, a 7’ welded steel figure (lined internally with 280 strobe lights); and for sound a cello, a viola, a violin and Javanese bells (recorded with a sampler using a vocalizer).
Several architects from Seville, Spain, I met at the Art Research Center in Kansas City funded me to develop a one-person multi-media exhibition, “A World Translucent To Our Likeness”. The Art Research Center was 4,000 sq. ft. I divided the center in half (20’W x 100’L), exhibiting the “Fluorescent Pinwheel Construction” in one section and seven proposals for sculpture works in the other.
"A World Translucent To Our Likeness"
"A World Translucent To Our Likeness" audio excerpt
Sound Trees
Description:
“Sound Trees”, pictured on the right, was a 15’ ft. sq. viewer-participant sculpture. It was composed of 30 1 cu. ft Egyptian styled trees, 50 galaxy plates and a 5.5’H x 2’W x 1’D center structure. The plates, which were attached to the trees, had images of galaxies painted and etched on them. The 5’5”H center structure amplified layered sounds of a car engine, computer, telephone radio and various animals.
As viewers passed through the space over the course of a day, they rearranged the tree pieces and attached plates. This way, the sculpture changed multiple times.
