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.
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![Attending to silence, Rundetårn Copenhagen 2015](https://josephinewinther.com/wp-content/uploads/41-1-Rundetårn--360x450.jpg)
Attending to silence, Rundetårn Copenhagen 2015
![Attending to Silence, Royal College of Art London 2010](https://josephinewinther.com/wp-content/uploads/12-360x450.jpg)
Attending to Silence, Royal College of Art London 2010