Dark was the Night Cold Was the Ground (2006)
Königstadt Brauerei, Berlin 2006
A sound and light installation in which three turntables all play the same wordless gospel tune, recorded by Blind Willie Johnson in 1927. Lights attached to the each turntable vary in strength with the speed of the records. Both the speed and the glow of light is controlled separately for each turntable by a computer. The room falls in and out of darkness as the hymn goes from slow mutter to normal speed, creating a sensation of standing in the midst of a choir of ghostly voices which are continuously falling asleep and reawakening.
The work was conceived for the site specific exhibition Treasures which took place in the cellar of the Königstadt Brewery in Berlin in 2006.
Dark was the Night Cold Was the Ground (2006)
Königstadt Brauerei, Berlin 2006
A sound and light installation in which three turntables all play the same wordless gospel tune, recorded by Blind Willie Johnson in 1927. Lights attached to the each turntable vary in strength with the speed of the records. Both the speed and the glow of light is controlled separately for each turntable by a computer. The room falls in and out of darkness as the hymn goes from slow mutter to normal speed, creating a sensation of standing in the midst of a choir of ghostly voices which are continuously falling asleep and reawakening.
The work was conceived for the site specific exhibition Treasures which took place in the cellar of the Königstadt Brewery in Berlin in 2006.