The Conversation Series 1 developed out of an awe: how the mouth, such a small opening, is capable of emitting an amazing array of sounds. The first drawings began with a kind of ‘garage’ version of the vocal apparatus using mason jars to stand in for the lungs, flexible hosing for the trachea and larynx, a funnel for the mouth. This apparatus provided the structure for organising the lines depicting sounds. Once initial lines were drawn moving out of the apparatus, a kind of logic ensued: a pattern emerged describing a dimensional, undulating contoured surface in relation to and in spite of the apparatus.
Exhibition History: 2012 The Québec City Biennial (Canada), 2010 , National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), 2006 Jessica Bradley Art + Projects (Toronto), 2004 Verge Gallery (Vancouver)
Publication: Christie, Claire. “Still.” Christie Contemporary, November 24, 2017.
Migone, Christof. Sonic Somatic: Performances of the Unsound Body. Errant Bodies Press, 2012, pp. 172–173.
