Resonant Silence
33” x 8.25” x 4”
Resonant Silence offers an elegy to the embodied soul of music. An altered violin—its surface appearing scorched and stripped—rests against a layered field of textured silence. The work transforms the familiar into a ghostly archive of sound, asking us to listen for what's no longer there.
33” x 8.25” x 4”
Resonant Silence offers an elegy to the embodied soul of music. An altered violin—its surface appearing scorched and stripped—rests against a layered field of textured silence. The work transforms the familiar into a ghostly archive of sound, asking us to listen for what's no longer there.
33” x 8.25” x 4”
Resonant Silence offers an elegy to the embodied soul of music. An altered violin—its surface appearing scorched and stripped—rests against a layered field of textured silence. The work transforms the familiar into a ghostly archive of sound, asking us to listen for what's no longer there.
Materials List:
Deconstructed violin (body, neck, scroll, pegs)
Stained plywood base
Crumpled and dyed tissue overlaid and sanded
Batik on rag paper
Rusted wire coils
Adhesives, sealants
A stripped and seared violin is suspended against a backdrop of layered, abraded textures—its strings removed, but its shape still singing. The scorched surface speaks of both refinement and rupture, while subtle wire coils along the scroll echo the vanished tension of sound. The piece examines the memory of music and the haunting quiet left in its absence.