Posts Tagged ‘Installation’

Have you ever wondered what music would look like? We don’t just mean the psychedelic patterns floating around to the beat on your iTunes.  Wouldn’t it be fascinating to know what the sounds of a harp look like, for example?  Well, whether or not this was their intention, Ball-Nogues Studio’s latest installation at MOCA has a clear link to the intricacies and floating currents of the harp.

On view (for free, of course) at MOCA at the PDC through November 15, Ball-Nogues Studio’s installation is unfortunately called Feathered Edge, as opposed to something about Carlos Salzedo. Like the harp, Feathered Edge is light, colorful, refreshing, and while ever present, it doesn’t over power the room.  It coexists with the space in the most harmonious sense of the word.

The installation is comprised of 3064 lengths of twine that total 21 miles, which have all been cut, dyed, and suspended from scrims in the walls and ceiling of the space.  Each string was specifically cut and dyed using hyper-modern technology created by Ball-Nogues Studio for this installation after which process they were strung in an overlapping pattern depending on weight and color.  The Studio’s goal was to “yield the effect of ghostly three dimensional objects.  Sometimes the objects are visible, at other times they blur to resemble a fluid-like vapor that floats and hovers in the gallery space.”

If, after you see the installation, there is still no link for you between the soft, effervescence of the harp and the sometimes-visible, sometimes-vaporous qualities of Feathered Edge, don’t tell us.  We’d prefer to live in the fantasy world where you can see just what the harp sounds like.

Ball-Nogues Studio’s Feathered Edge: A New Installation by Ball-Nogues Studio is on view at MOCA at the PDC through November 15.  For more information, please click here. No reservations or tickets are required.