photo credit: David williams and Jennifer Mc Namara
fragility and solidity, 2015
fused glass, cast glass, record player, vinyl record
'Fragility and Solidity' takes two qualities of glass that you would usually associate with touching or handling the material, and experiences these qualities through sound. side A of the vinyl record is a window being thumped, a solid glass sound. side B is glasses being smashed. the 'fragile' record has been created from the pieces smashed to make the sound on the vinyl and all records are played. the glass records play the direct sound of the material whereas the vinyl displays another sound that can be created using the same materials with the same qualities.
'Fragility and Solidity' takes two qualities of glass that you would usually associate with touching or handling the material, and experiences these qualities through sound. side A of the vinyl record is a window being thumped, a solid glass sound. side B is glasses being smashed. the 'fragile' record has been created from the pieces smashed to make the sound on the vinyl and all records are played. the glass records play the direct sound of the material whereas the vinyl displays another sound that can be created using the same materials with the same qualities.