steve
roden
view,
1999
solo exhibition: jennjoy
gallery, san francisco, ca
view
was first presented as part of a solo exhibition at the jennjoy gallery
in san francisco. the show also included paintings, drawings, and a silent
video work. for the installation, i asked jenn to record for me the sounds
of the view from one of the gallery windows. "sounds were recorded
from ledge just above radiator on various days and times in april" sometimes the window was open, somethimes closed. i used fragments of
these recordings as both a compositional cue as well as the entire source
materials for the soundwork. although they had been fragmented, looped,
and processed - the compositions were still entirely made up of the view.
a series of four different 'landscapes' were presented on headphones with
a chair facing out the window that the recordings had come from. the viewer
could see the landscape that produced the sounds;
but with the headphones on, these sounds were completely transformed.
a cd document was published by the gallery.
the black dot in the windows on the left is where
the installation was presented.
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