I am Sitting in A Room

Porcelain, wood, drywall
14 ft x 12 ft x 8 ft

Featured in "Episodic" at CAVE Detroit, MI 2010

“I am sitting in the room” is the first phrase uttered by the composer Alvin Lucier in his seminal recording by the same name.  In it, he describes the process of recording and re-recording his own voice in a room, until the resonant frequencies of the room re-enforce themselves.  He is mapping space with sound, likewise, I am seeking to capture space through mold making, creating the cast pieces inside the rooms themselves.This arrangement of cast porcelain pieces  represents an exploded view of my attic work/live space.   As a material, porcelain has long been regarded as a container or vessel. Likewise, these rooms have become containers of my domestic and creative life.  In turn, I have been molded by them.

 

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