Disintegration in Polyphony - Six Elements
I used the space structure and bricks from the bunker as a part of the work. I created six tape loops. The first tape loop represents wind, and the recording was from Reynisfjara, Black Sand Beach. The second tape loop represents fire, and the recording was from Fagradalsfjall, Lava field. The third tape loop represents soil, and the seismic noise recording was from Fagradalsfjall. The fourth tape loop represents metal, and the recording was from Stykkishólmur Lighthouse. The fifth tape loop represents water; the recording was from Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon. The six-tape loop represents humans, and the voice recording was from Reykjavik. I then attached pieces of sandpaper to objects on the bricks and inside the cassette players to degrade the magnetic tape.
Tape loops, Cassette Tape players, Objects (2022)
Field recordings (Wuxing elements) in Iceland: Wind, Fire, Soil, Metal, Water, and human voice from tape loops.
Disintegration by using sand papers and objects.
Culterim Gallery Kaiserdamm 102 | 14057 Berlin
“The sounds of remembrance like Proust’s Madeleine brings us back to the moment marked by that sound. Just like when we in one moment become aware of all the sounds and all the lives around us. Those subtle little moments somehow manage to resist oblivion and remain recorded in our memories.”
Text by Brigita Sinistaj
