Tim Bruniges “Mirrors”

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poster for Tim Bruniges “Mirrors”

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MIRRORS is composed of two 9-by-9-foot cast-concrete structures, positioned opposite one another at extreme ends of the gallery space. These structures are sound mirrors: the parabolic curve on the inward-facing side of each amplifies and focuses the sound waves around it. As the installation’s technological system is activated (a microphone in the center of each sound mirror, as well as computer and speakers), they begin to pick up ambient sounds in the gallery and feed them into infinite, amplified loops of varying lengths. All sounds picked up over the course of the show remain in these cycles, circulating through the work, recurring at uncertain intervals throughout the entirety of the exhibition.
The acoustic reflectors of MIRRORS are modeled on historical sound mirrors – built along the coast of England as a means of detecting approaching fighter planes. By the 1930s the advent of radar had made sound mirrors obsolete, yet they remain, dotted along the English coast: still, stubborn, failed objects. Rendered useless by the progress of time and technology, these large-scale structures appear fixed in the past, yet they continue to function, reflecting and enlarging sounds for no one to hear.
In keeping with much of Bruniges’ practice, MIRRORS evinces a concern with form and a spare, minimal approach – the most basic shapes, the most pared-down systems of sonic and visual exchange. As with Oscillator (2013), though on a much larger scale, the sound mirrors engage simple circular forms and an infinite sound loop in a subtle interplay between tangible, monumental structures and the intangible, sonic forces that activate them.

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Schedule

from January 24, 2014 to March 09, 2014

Opening Reception on 2014-01-24 from 19:00 to 22:00

Artist(s)

Tim Bruniges

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