Littoral Assembly 

High fired played stoneware and four-channel sound. A cooperation with the sound artist Iris Garrelfs. ~4x4x4m. 2016.

The installation was developed during a collaborative residency as part of  the Landscape : Islands series devised by Kay Aplin and Joseph Young.

Ingibjörg’s sculptures in the installation are a response to the volcanic stones found on the beach from her hometown in Iceland. The sound in Iris Garrelfs’ 4-channel composition arose out of a conversation between these objects, Brighton stone and the gallery. Individual sounds were recorded by sounding the sculptures using a violin bow, rubbing them together, drumming onto them with fingers and with Brighton beach stones.

This sound making activity left a trace on the objects – for example the white marks you can see were left by the resin of the bow, reminiscent of salt deposits. In this way, the work of the two artists became more and more entwined: as you can hear the sculptures in the sound, you can also see the sound making process on the objects.

A blog about the sound creation process can be found at http://irisgarrelfs.com/landscape-islands-residency.