Spring, Steel Wires
2025

6 channel audio installation

2:14:00
Constructed from field recordings captured in the vicinity of public pianos in various railway and tube stations, this piece was installed in Manchester Art Gallery during Which Human Is Correct?

By sequencing and processing the recordings over an extended duration, the composition is sensitive to the idiosyncrasies of each uncredited piano player, whilst also appealing to the desire for the piano to exist as a cultural symbol outside of the flow of time,  echoing the architectural principles of MAG’s neo-classical entrance hall where it was installed.

Postcards (pictured) were deposited around the gallery for visitors to keep, bringing the ephemeral nature of the work into sharper relief.

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