May 6-July 3, 2022: Score for a Light Chord at MORTIS STUDIO
Opening May 6-July 3 at Mortis Studio in San Diego- Score for a Light Chord : With hanging sheets of clear plexiglass, I explore optical prism phenomena as a way to transmute a musical chord into colored light. Instead of relying on effects or digital projections, only the natural properties of light beams refracting off an angled prismatic surface take shape as two columns of undulating light cathedrals in the gallery display window. The conventional process of the musical score is inverted: the sound of a musical chord becomes the score for a chord of light. Viewers are able to scan a code on the gallery window to listen to the chord, but viewing it silently is fine too. The movement of air, people walking close by, and the hum of the building gently move the hanging plexiglass sheets, causing an outsized response in the light columns on the wall, making them sway and dance in unpredictable ways. I like to think of this as a live cinema in real time. This installation continues my site-specific work with sound, light, and color to create an immersive experience of altered perception: a little shrine of light.
