recorders . devices . static . sound maps

mapping imaginary sounds

and decoding shadows and echoes

the stories once told

sound maps in the studio

recording silent walls

and taking notes of 

secret languages

signals and wires

listening devices

the people we wish we knew

but never did

 

sound maps . antenna

It is quiet between the walls

the layered textiles

the paper walls

there is a faint sound of strings

i think

and a hum in the clouds

I like the word melancholy

it has a little madness

part sadness

and part magic

I use my antenna to listen 

to the far away distance

the particles and static

 

silence in the void . static

the absence of sound

the void

a room behind the wall

translating static and echoes

sound maps . static

paint and ink on gelatin silver prints

ela orleans . light at dawn

 

see sounds and hear shadows . static

only speak in whispers

with accumulated static

the sound of a short wave radio

between the walls

of the old apartment

paint, ink, gesso on gelatin silver print

I sent a piece off to New York today )

for a group show coming up

in the chelsea district 

working on a few more sound maps 

the one above is among them

a lovely piece by Jacques and Yvonne Lasry for you