Don’t walk away
from silence
New-York, US
2007
LEDs, acrylic sheet, metal mesh.
Color coding of Eric Satie's Vexations (6 hour loop). LEDs, acrylic sheet, metal mesh.
Installed on the wall of a gallery space, an acrylic panel diffuses a background of multi-coloured LED light. Color coding of Eric Satie's Vexations (6 hour loop). LEDs, acrylic sheet, metal mesh.
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‘Don’t walk away from Silence’ is an installation based on using synesthetic connections between sound and colour, coded in response to Eric Satie’s ‘Vexations”, a composition and name of which, Satie never explained. Various conjectures regarding the meaning of Vexations were construed long after Satie's death.
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Instigated and exhibited in collaboration with works from artist Hayal Incedogan, the work of “Don’t Walk Away From Silence” was exhibited in combination with 16 photographs (20 x 25 cm) at the NY School of Visual Arts 'Open Studio' exhibition, in New York, America in 2007.
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