Mixer is a cocktail shaker turned into a sound mixer. Two separate Icelandic field recordings, two separate audio players, two separate LEDs, two separate liquid switches: when the object is picked up and moved, sound and lights are activated, mixed.
Exhibition History: 2015 Neutral Contemporary Art (Regina, Canada); 2012 Jessica Bradley Gallery (Toronto, Canada); 2012 Telephone Booth Gallery (Toronto, Canada); 2011 Mercer Union (Toronto, Canada); 2009 Electric Eclectic Festival (Meaford, Canada); 2009 Doris McCarthy Gallery (Toronto, Canada); 2008 Art Gallery of Windsor (Canada); 2007 Rodman Hall Arts Centre (St. Catherines, Canada); 2007 Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery (Montreal, Canada); 2007 Museum London (Canada); 2006 Jessica Bradley Art + Projects; 2006 Dalhousie Art Gallery (Halifax, Canada); 2005 Klink and Bank (Reykjavik, Iceland)
Publication: Migone, Christof. “On Off.” Start, Stop. Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, 2008, pp. 40-43+.
Thorpe, Josh. “Sound Offerings, The Art of Marla Hlady.” Border Crossings, vol. 26, no. 1, 2007, pp. 38-44.
See also: Soundball 4, Soundcan