OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE STRUCTURE OF THE SQUARE WINDOW

Compound Yucca Valley, part of the exhibition micro/MACRO curated by Lara Wilson
February 2 - March 15, 2020

For this exhibition I created a new piece incorporating a microtonal composition and my research of psychoacoustics, oto-anatomies, + perceptions of sound and space. The result is essentially two-fold: sound and drawing. 

Some of the questions I asked myself in the process: 
How can the modes in which sound is perceived become as or more important than the sounds themselves?  How can using specific tones in a composition create a greater experience than the parts themselves? 

The piece as a whole is entitled <<Observations Concerning the Structure of the Square Window>> a play on the title of an early book written about the anatomic structure of the ear's own 'round window' by Antonio Scarpa in 1772. 

I will upload more visual and sonic documentation of this piece soon.

materials used: the window at Compound gallery, vinyl decal, speaker transducer, a mini amp, speaker wire.