Rooms Print
Cut Vinyl Matrix Relief Print
Variable Edition of 10
image: 10” x 10” sheet: 12x12”

The creation of these prints are used to draw a parallel to the balance of structure and improvisation used in my practice. Each is made by using shapes I drew representing the sonic frequencies of my newest album Rooms. Working with these shapes as the vocabulary of the album’s sonic notation, I wondered what happens when you experiment with different configurations using the same components, in a way to visually conceptualize what happens in that moment of improvisation.

The results are provisional—arranging a group of concrete elements to dance across each print in efforts towards creating a variable of the piece each time, that can resonate with playfulness, repetition, or chaos. I felt parallels to the same way I experienced creating the record Rooms, which were taking elements of sound I had created, and then allowing devices such as a reel to reel tape recorder, sampler, swinging mics set up through a room, etc to interpret them, resulting in sometimes unpredictable and indeterminate compositions.

Rooms as an album and print can only be created in that moment. This is not dissimilar from the idea that every re-performance one hears of an album will be experienced differently every time it is performed, based on improvisational decision-making of the performer, environment, mood, devices, and other factors.