Site-specific sculpture w/ 4-channel sound diffusion.
Repurposed bricks from GES-2, audio recording and 4 mono speakers.
Created on site at GES-2 for the Geometry of Now exhibition / festival in Moscow, Russia, presented by V-A-C Foundation. Exhibited February 20 – 27 2017.
This piece is a process-based site work utilizing repurposed bricks from the demolition of the interior of the main GES-2 space (previously an immense power station). The bricks were collected and methodically piled to construct a towering mountain sculpture in one of the small, steel-floored rooms of the building. The process was recorded from several vantage points within the space (and within the sculpture) to capture specific and complex textures and resonances that occurred through the process. The resulting recordings were developed and mixed to create a multi-channel composition.
For the exhibition the audio played in the space through a surrounding quadrophonic system, showcasing the sonic artefact as the counterpart to the Herculean brick sculpture in the center of the room. The title refers to the Greek myth in which giants attempted to stack the mountains Pelion and Ossa to reach the heavens—an immense and ultimately futile undertaking.
crys cole 