Experimental: Yes/No Questions

December 25, 2014 · Posted in Uncategorized 

Sound Installation, 44 speakers, wood, black laminate, archival inkjet print on transparent, Variable dimensions.

This installation composed of two different parts, touches upon the multifaceted political, social, and cultural aspects of conflict. The first part of this installation consists of dozens of amplifiers whose fronts are covered with a photographic print of drum leather. The sounds emanating from the amplifiers are those of voices repeating the words “yes” and “no” in different languages. The effect is that of a cultural and aesthetic clash between elements suspended in a state of continuous struggle and confrontation, while building up to a final conflict.

The second part of the installation consists of embroidered ink drawings. Although the ink stains are arbitrarily created and cannot be controlled, their outlines are demarcated by the act of embroidery, which comes to define and domesticate them. In this context, the embroidery appears as a violent act, which injures the canvas in a desperate attempt to give form to the inherently formless stains.

Whereas the circular stretches of drum leather are made to fit into a square frame, the square canvas that forms the support for the ink stains is forced into circular embroidery hoops. These inverse relations between the supports and frames constitute a formal conflict. At the same time, the ink stains resembling maps of charted territories allude to additional, political and social conflicts.

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