steve roden
fulgurites, 2004
exhibition: treble, the sculpture center, ny, 2004, curated by regine basha

fulgurites was created for a 4 foot by 90 foot space at the sculpture center in new york. the work was named after the phenomenon of natural glass being created when lightning strikes the earth. my interest is in the idea of this piece of glass as a kind of poetic residue of a moment captured in physical form - an event frozen in time.

the sound source of the installation was composed using the last notes i was able to sound on my grandfather's violin before it disappeared - sound as this poetic residue of a series of small moments captured in audible form.

the installation consisted of 80 small audio speakers situated inside of the center core of a large bottle (the top and bottom have been cut away by hand) - the crude glass tube acts as a metaphor for the fulgurite as well as a funtioning resonator for the speakers.

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