Empty Voices
Art Positions | Miami Beach Art Basel
Installation
2011
Art Positions | Miami Beach Art Basel
Installation
2011
This installation is presented in a prepared acoustic space where various types of tuning forks are suspended by steel cables. The sculptures, cast in bronze from computer generated models, measure from 25 to 100 centimeters in height, exploring the nature of
silence and the memory of sound. Dim lighting helps to activate the sculpture’s presence and setting.
The experience of sound is put within the field of silence, subverting the use of the tuning fork. In “Empty Voices”, this tool that dates
back to the 18th century, normally used as a standard of pitch to tune musical instruments, evocates the absence of any possibility of
music. Yet, in the absence of material sound, one might actually perceive even louder noises. Is it the memory of sound? Are those the “inner-voices”? Does the unconscious shout amidst complete silence?
silence and the memory of sound. Dim lighting helps to activate the sculpture’s presence and setting.
The experience of sound is put within the field of silence, subverting the use of the tuning fork. In “Empty Voices”, this tool that dates
back to the 18th century, normally used as a standard of pitch to tune musical instruments, evocates the absence of any possibility of
music. Yet, in the absence of material sound, one might actually perceive even louder noises. Is it the memory of sound? Are those the “inner-voices”? Does the unconscious shout amidst complete silence?
Acoustic foam and cast bronze
Installation / Variable dimensions
