Notes from the margin
Mixed media installation with audio for Spike Island Open Studios 2022, dimensions variable
Images from the work with extracts from the audio inserted between - a simple attempt to place the two in conversation as they were experienced in the space. The audio was listened to on a single cup headphone so that the audience cradled the cup to one ear whilst the other allowed them to remain aware of the space they occupied.
Mixed media installation with audio for Spike Island Open Studios 2022, dimensions variable
Images from the work with extracts from the audio inserted between - a simple attempt to place the two in conversation as they were experienced in the space. The audio was listened to on a single cup headphone so that the audience cradled the cup to one ear whilst the other allowed them to remain aware of the space they occupied.
All photographs Dan Weill
my eyes and ears follow the path of a single aeroplane
saddled to its back
the clouds passing above and below us
a chorus of chattering bluebells
a wailing river saturated in grief
a mute child thinking loudly in their sleep
an ear without a drum
I have to rest - it's prescribed
I push my shoulder blades into the blades of grass
but the grass refuses to yield
the three bones of the middle ear are amongst the smallest in the human body
the hammer, anvil and stirrup make waves
transferring vibrations of the ear drum into the fluid and membranes of the inner ear
heightened anxiety prevents attentive listening to high frequency sounds
such as the human voice
The audio recording of the text was available to listen to via this single cup headphone mounted on the wall opposite, next to the repeated pattern of a pair of crossed legs - the shape a seat makes when it's in contact with the ground playing with children or sitting in protest.
