Solo Show at Opalka Gallery, Sage Colleges of Albany, Albany, NY, 2010, Catalogue Available

I am continuing my investigations into how to visualize the complexities of communication and "in-between" states. Theories of evolutionary language development and neuro- biological linguistics have been the inspiration for my recent work. Additionally, as I aim to find visual equivalents for sound, I'm experimenting with bringing two dimensional works into a three dimensional sphere —literally using volume— and, in some work, am pushing my materials into unexpected forms.

Listening: Transmit, Receive, Connect is a large-scale, three-part installation that posits aspects of sound, hearing, interpretation and the organic and mechanical forms that give us a mysterious range from cacophony to silence.

I use materials integral to these ideas: copper plates used for hand-pulled printmaking are re-fashioned as objects themselves; player piano scrolls in which the holes (absence) indicate the presence of sound are surfaces for printing and drawing; and copper and plastic tubes, used in hearing aids, take on new meanings in this installation work. I suggest lingering traces and infinite regressions of language spoken, heard and visually encoded by actively deploying the shadows cast from the works.

Partial Installation View of Exhibit Reverberations at Opalka Gallery, New York. 2010.
Installed size shown approximately 18 feet high by 40 feet wide x 36 inches deep. Copper tubes, open-bit copper plates, copper shards; etched prints on oiled Shekishu paper with copper tubing; etched copper tubes with monofiliment.