Stephen O'Malley - Salt [cd, Ideal 2008]
SALT is the audion component created for "Bleed", the initial collaboration between sculptor Banks Violette and musician Stephen O'Malley. First shown at Barbara Gladstone Gallery, NYC summer 2005 "Bleed" was part of the group show "Bridge Freezes Before Road", curated by Neville Wakefield, and was the first of five collaborations between the two artists. A quite moderate audio setup created some of the ongoing themes between the audio and physical work; sound pressure in relation to insubstantial mass, standing wave play, sense of space created by air pressure, and modifications of said space in relation to physical sculptural work.
Long playback loops of acoustic guitar and bass sine wave sparsely moved to the ear on it's own, but was designed to instead suggest modulation and border to the viewer/listener through their movement around and in relation to the work itself.
Subsequently the piece was acquired by The Guggenheim Museum and remains in their collection in NYC. "Bleed" also reemerged in summer 2007 as part of the "The Shapes of Space" show at said space.
Stephen O'Malley // guitar & production
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