Artist's Statement
My work is about silence. I trap my own aggressive music in soundproofed boxes, or transform loud music into low frequency, high-amplitude signals. Both are small pathways into silence, moments that reflect the complicated system of absence. The unassuming boxes seethe with repressed sound. The low-frequency pulsing reveals the movement of silence. These constructions speak to the physicality of silence, a search I have termed the architecture of silence. My most recent work removes amplifiers and speakers entirely. Without technology, the focus becomes the materials and politics of silence. Foam, wood and plasterboard are arranged to imply sound through architectural form. It is sound art without the sound. And, it is further illustrates that silence may be chosen. We can construct, touch, and move silence into our spaces, into our discourse. Or, or we can choose to let it be drowned out by loudness. What happens when silence is unheard?