VOICE

“Voice” aims to produce visual and sound art pieces to reflect the complexity of our use of language in human exchanges and communication. Six pieces are part of this series and are in chronological order.

"Voice" was exhibited as a solo show in 2019 at Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

ALONG THE LINES

Each page of the “Along the Lines” concertina book displays a page of the phone book that is dedicated to one letter of the alphabet. A drawn line connects all occurrences of the designated letter.

PULSATING

“Pulsating” replicates each of the 26 lines from “Along the Lines” and orders them from A to Z on a paper scroll. While they resemble text, these drawn patterns of lines and dots render the original text unreadable, regardless of the viewer’s native language. 

SINGING LETTERS

“Singing Letters” is a collaborative work with musician Benjamin Velez that translates the 26 lines of the alphabet created in “Pulsating” into 26 paper scores. These “singing” letters establish a nonverbal language of their own. Participants are invited to choose a letter and play it and are prompted to consider the limits of language and expand their ideas of communication.

CACOPHONY

In “Cacophony,” each score from “Singing Letters” is applied one at the time on the page. The empty holes are filled with the reference letter. The final piece shows the complete alphabet overlapping. 

I FELT A KNOT IN MY THROAT

In “I Felt a Knot in My Throat,” 26 strings represent the alphabet. Each string is made of the left-over pieces of paper cut from one single score from “Singing Letters.” 

CONVERSATION (artist's book, installation)

The musical scores of the complete alphabet from “Singing Letters” are joined together by a thread to form a free organic shape that references the spoken language.