Rites of Silence — Installation view of petri dishes suspended in the gallery
Installation view of petri dishes suspended in the gallery

07 · 2014

Rites of Silence

Year
2014
Venue
Tent Gallery, Edinburgh
Materials
Sound, algae, petri dishes, card
Dimensions
400 × 400 × 400 cm

An audiovisual installation inspired by Stravinsky's Rite of Spring — bringing forth the constant toil of the unforgotten micro-organisms without which the macro sphere would not exist.

Within the fragile, highly networked theatre of the ecosystems we are a part of, one role algae plays is to provide 70–80% of the oxygen we breathe via photosynthesis. What is their voice?

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Rites of Silence — Text close-up on petri-dish installation
Text close-up on petri-dish installation