My project, an installation audio piece titled THE CLOCK, explores how people attempt to reclaim the past through an inanimate object, in this case a clock. I am interested in the contrast between mechanical precision and human frailty. My aim is to prompt reflection of the question: Is it possible to reconstruct the past and subvert the outcome? THE CLOCK audio is played through speakers over a box with a spread from an open book on clock repair (diagrams), dirt, and a childhood object. The audio is a sound collage of one woman's quest to find a clock reminiscant of her childhood, with added music, mechanics and elements. I am influenced by the assemblage art of Joseph Cornell, and the installation team Janet Cardiff and George Miller as well as the work of Alvin Lucier and Gavin Bryars. Click here for the current audio. Click here for the final powerpoint presentation Sunday May 10, 2009.
