Black Matters 1
48" x 48" x 8"
vinyl, polyester fill, speaker, wood, electronics
Black Matters 2
> 45" x 51" x 8"
vinyl, polyester fill, speaker, wood, electronics
Black Matters 3
48" x 51" x 8"
vinyl, polyester fill, speaker, wood, electronics
Black Matters 4
46" x 50" x 8"
vinyl, polyester fill, speaker, wood, electronics
Bemis Center, Omaha, NE
2008
Bemis Center, Omaha, NE
2008
Recording made at Bemis Center for Conteporary Art, Omaha, NE 2008
Black Matters is an investigation in patterns of transformation. I combined the mandala form found in nature and spiritual teachings with synthetic and electronic materials to explore a link between human concepts and machine objects.
Each piece is a construction of one black vinyl, hand sewn quilt stretched over a custom built trapezoid shaped speaker. The speakers are linked through amplifiers to sine wave oscillators and play a composition of binaural tones.
Concepts that influenced this piece: