Walls (Hallwalls) was produced as part of Hallwalls’ Artist in Residency Program (HARP)

Two of Hallwalls’ moveable walls are reduced to approximately 1:5 scale and then re-imagined as machines. In the scale model version, one wall now turns a full 360 degrees and plays a hip-hop record backwards. Two speakers placed in proximity to the machine amplify both the record and the machine’s platform. The other wall, now paper, rolls back and forth via a lever-like movement. As the wall dips down, it at times bangs and at other times brushes amplified strings. The sound from this machine is heard from two other speakers, also placed proximally.

Exhibition History: 2016 aceartinc (Winnipeg, Canada); 2012 Hallwalls Contemporary Art Centre (Buffalo, United States)

Press: Anderson, Shannon. “Marla Hlady: The Art of Noise.” Canadian Art. Spring: 2013. 92-97.
Foran, Jack. “Artist-in-residence Marla Hlady’s installation at Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center.” Artvoice, vol. 11, no. 4, 26 January, 2012. Print.

Publication: Fleming, Marnie, John Massier, Martin Arnold. Marla Hlady: Rooms & Walls. Oakville Galleries and Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 2013.

Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council

See also: Walls (aceart inc.)

Walls (Hallwalls), 2012
wood, paper, custom machines (including motors, misc metal, misc mechanical parts and hardware), portable record player parts, piano strings with contact microphones, misc audio equipment, misc electronic and electrical equipment
28 x 31 inches (paper walls), 63 x 63 x 6.25 inches (platform)

Software design: Wild Rhombus Software