Bony Labyrinth
with Ryley O'Byrne (ceramics), 2019
with Ryley O'Byrne
Sound work: Echea I and Echea II
Graham Landin's Mushroom Honey, Richmond, BC, August 17 – September 15, 2019
A collaboration with Ryley O’Byrne on the relationship between sound and vessel, and the capacity of ceramic space to hold, amplify and create music or stories. Echea I is composed from the resonant frequencies and feedback of O’Byrne’s ceramics; Echea II combines ceramic tones with electronics, modular synthesizer and field recordings.
Drawing on the myth of Echo, the work treats resonance and doubling as a way to unsettle singular identity.
Exhibited August 17, 2019, as part of Graham Landin’s Mushroom Honey, and by appointment until September 15.
[audio: Echea I, 6:19]
[audio: Echea II, 4:32]
Ceramics: Ryley O’Byrne. Sound: Michelle Helene Mackenzie.