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Angela White | Introductions: Installations |
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"But it's the chaotic and cacophonous installation by Angela White that steals the show. Spread out on the floor are a dozen or so old-fashioned turntables, each with a ceramic figurine spinning on its surface. While spinning, these figurines constantly bump into fragments of broken ceramic and glass vessels that are suspended -- every which way above them -- by hundreds of threads. The resulting sound has a titillating combination of anarchy and harmony, as if Philip Glass had written the score. The overall effect of the visual and aural components of this seemingly haphazard installation is deep satisfaction at the discovery of a poetic rhyme and reason behind the chaos." ALWAYS A PLEASURE
We have had the pleasure this month of witnessing a smart, brave, ingenious talent at work. At our invitation, Angela White has created a marvelous sound installation for our summer exhibition. It's a room-sized arrangement involving 5 record turntables set on the floor. Each turntable spins at a slow speed (16 or 33 rpm) allowing an object, such as a rock, glued atop the turntable to collide gently with small glass or ceramic shards hanging from the apexes of about 100 strings, generally affixed to opposing areas of the upper walls, sprinkler pipes and ceiling area of the gallery. Sometimes the strings are attached to each other, creating yet more interesting interdependent relationships among the gently swaying objects. The objects dangle from the lowest points of each string, so that they move freely upon the chance striking of one object into another, in the chain reaction activated by the turntables. Some of the objects clang only against one another, others bounce softly against the walls or dance upon the floor in gentle, jerking or sweeping movements. The strings themselves are a curious mix of upholstery cord fishing lines, sewing threads, and other light catching materials. Recent installations
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