concrete sound
cast concrete with pigment
artist book publication in collaboration with christine shan shan hou
2011 - 2014

based on acoustic foam used in anechoic chambers, this modular series of cast concrete sculptures explore the physicality of sound through shifts in materiality to create muted objects and landscapes. concrete is etymologically linked to language as explored through concrete poetry and attention is drawn to early communication devices: on the coasts of england, large cement domes called 'acoustic mirrors' now lay dormant as reminders of the tactile nature of analog technology.

the collaborative publication, CONCRETE SOUND, was based on an email exchange of images and text over a one-month period—a dialogic experiment in the poetics of responding. a second printing of the publication (edition of 100) is currently available at blonde art books in the render visible library, gwarlingo, and counterpath press.