steve roden
above the sand, flown and undone (levitation), 2006

susanne vielmetter gallery, los angeles, march 2006
part of the solo exhibition "lines and spaces"

"above the sand, flown and undone (levitation)" is a collision of sorts - part sculpture and part sound piece - both birthed from connecting points of various similar inspirations: research on synesthesia and various color musical note equivalent lists, newspaper articles on gamelan music at the 1889 paris world's fair, and a system for translating a few bars of classical music into building blocks for a sculpture.

the sculpture is made of wood with acrylic paint and polyurethane; and is about the size of a small person. the sound work uses the manipulated sounds of a harmonica, a home made violin type instrument from the 1930's, and a field recording of sheep & cows grazing in vals switzerland.

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