Sun Ship Machine Gun - Metallurgy I
2015-
Mixed media installation: video, audio, 2 bronze sculptures, performance
Variable Dimensions
Nocturne: Art at Night
Fort Massey United Church, Halifax NS
October 17, 2015
Curated by Rose Zack
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Video & sound: 24 min 56 sec
Sound composition: William Robinson & Joel Waddell
Sound production: Joel Waddell
Performers (Saxophonists): Ally Fiola, Nathan Pilon (depicted in photos 10-15), Devon Wesley
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Sun Ship Machine Gun - Metallurgy I imagines and explores the sonic and material evolution and historical narratives inherent in the metal of saxophones purported to have been descended from WWII’s discarded artillery shells that once took the form of aged European church bells.