Etude
11.5" x 9.5" x 3"
In Etude, musical notation meets forest silence. A dark veil hangs over a score that may never be played. This work explores the tension between learning and forgetting, visibility and obscurity—where practice becomes memory, and the natural world rewrites the notes.
11.5" x 9.5" x 3"
In Etude, musical notation meets forest silence. A dark veil hangs over a score that may never be played. This work explores the tension between learning and forgetting, visibility and obscurity—where practice becomes memory, and the natural world rewrites the notes.
11.5" x 9.5" x 3"
In Etude, musical notation meets forest silence. A dark veil hangs over a score that may never be played. This work explores the tension between learning and forgetting, visibility and obscurity—where practice becomes memory, and the natural world rewrites the notes.
Materials List
Sheet music
Preserved bracket fungi (e.g., Trametes)
Bird skull
Vintage light bulbs
Brass rods
Batik on paper
Optical lenses
Found metal hardware
Decorative gold-toned outer frame
Etude—meaning "study" in French—is a meditation on what we practice, repeat, and try to understand. Sheet music lines the base of the composition, while green-gilled fungi and a sculptural bird skull interrupt the harmony. A dark-toned print partially obscures the score, suspended behind brass rods like a curtain or a barrier. Hidden bulbs and optical lenses suggest glimpses of revelation, but only in fragments. This is not a performance, but a rehearsal. Not a resolution, but a layered pause.