Even Song / Morning Light
Site Specific Interventionist Installation in Silo B.4
Dimensions of Silo : 22 feet in height x 12 feet in diameter, silo funnel 8 feet x 12 feet diameter
Mixed Media. Gold leaf on acetate, magnets, plaster on canvas, cast wax, cast plaster, graphite, watercolor, acrylic, oil
The site specific installation “Even Song” honors the Silo itself. The residue of its use informed the interventionist art: holes indicating attached placement of signs and equipment, stains formed by water and rust, site location and instructional drawings on the walls, window-like openings for operations, the metal funnel ceiling as conduit for storage. Silently contemplating the space, the marks were reminiscent of constellation diagrams inspiring the navigational device of a sextant. 1000 hand applied gold leaf sheets on the ceiling funnel, with inverted dome and oculus reminiscent of the Pantheon, pays homage to its significance. A non-existent sign instructed the image of the lunar cycle with text, even song morning light. Moths signify metamorphosis. The key replaces the word exit above the doorway. “Even Song” reflects on the transition of conversion between waning light and waxing darkness as a metaphor for human experiences of transformation.
Entering Silo: Gold ceiling + cast moths in opening + drawing
Even Song / Morning Light drawing adhered to wall where a sign had been. The silos.
Cast wax and cast plaster moths in opening, lit from behind.
Constellation: Sextant drawing adhered to wall, 9 x 7 feet, plaster over canvas + acrylic - graphite - charcoal.
Ceiling Funnel for Rice Silo : 1000 plus sheets of composite gold leaf on funnel 12 feet diameter x 8 feet.
Moth : acrylic + graphite on plastered canvas
The key above the door on existing : cast plaster