steve roden
moonfield, 2002
exhibition: resonanzen II, stadt galerie, saarbrucken, germany, 2002, curated by bernd shulz

moon field was an extension of a work called the moon gatherers that i had shown earlier this year at the armory center for the arts in los angeles, and gallery e/static in torino. all of the works were initially inspired by a work by joseph cornell consisting of a bottle with a photo of the moon inside. for the earlier works i used the sounds of glass bottles - for this one i got a little closer to the moon with the sound of yuri gagarin's first transmission from space as my only sound source. for moon field i used 100 glass bottles with a small loudspeaker placed within each one. the abstract soundscape created with gagarin's voice was playing quietly in the space, filling it with a presence not unlike insects, distant birds, or small motors. my interest was to create a space as evocative and contemplative as a small garden or pond. the work also took into consideration the 5 large windows in the stadt galerie space using only the natural light to light the work - allowing the shifts in light and shadow to accompany the constantly shifting 8 channel 100 speaker audio work. moonfield is now in the permanent collection of the san diego museum of contemporary art. to see an of the installation there, click here.



to read the statement that accompanied the work click here

moonfield was also featured in the kehrer verlag publication resonanzen that accompanied the exhibition, and was later published in a larger edition.

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