Attending to silence

This work is about being present through listening to sound as well as silence.

Attending the silence

As a child I had the great fortune to sit with my grandmother in the twilight. Letting the day blend into the evening, we would sit – silently – and enjoy the disappearing daylight and the arriving darkness. We listened to silence. We experienced silence.

Metronomes are intended to sound a steady pulse. To modify their arguably rigid purpose, I reworked and positioned five metronomes. Altered and in conversation, these metronomes generated a calm, fragile and often silent presence that eased viewers by enhancing and focussing their sense of listening.