SALT is the audion component created for "Bleed", the initial
collaboration between sculptor Banks Violette and musician Stephen
O'Malley. First shown at Barbara Gladstone Gallery, NYC summer 2005 "Bleed" was part of the group show "Bridge Freezes Before Road",
curated by Neville Wakefield, and was the first of five collaborations
between the two artists. A quite moderate audio setup created some of
the ongoing themes between the audio and physical work; sound pressure
in relation to insubstantial mass, standing wave play, sense of space
created by air pressure, and modifications of said space in relation to
physical sculptural work.
Long playback loops of acoustic guitar and bass sine wave sparsely
moved to the ear on it's own, but was designed to instead suggest
modulation and border to the viewer/listener through their movement
around and in relation to the work itself.
Subsequently the piece was acquired by The Guggenheim Museum and remains in their collection in NYC. "Bleed" also reemerged in summer 2007 as part of the "The Shapes of
Space" show at said space.
Stephen O'Malley // guitar & production
Recorded in 230 W 108 #4d, NYC spring 2005.
Mastering & bass wave assistance by Mell Dettmer at Aleph, Seattle.
Art by Banks Violette. Design by SOMA. Published by Ideologic Organ
(BMI), administred in Europe & Australasia by Touch Musci [MCPS].
Thanks to Anne Kugler, Banks Violette, Jose Friere/TEAM, Neville
Wakefield, Barbara Gladstone & Mell Dettmer. |
