Wave Carved West

"waves carved west" is an experiment with several generations of visual and sonic abstractions: documentary footage is fragmented and modulated, then interpreted as line-drawn shapes. It culminates in the round, resonating sounds of an improvised drawing instrument moved over cello stri... Read more

“waves carved west” is an experiment with several generations of visual and sonic abstractions: documentary footage is fragmented and modulated, then interpreted as line-drawn shapes. It culminates in the round, resonating sounds of an improvised drawing instrument moved over cello strings and passed through the conduits of various electronic effects pedals. Using the tip of her bow, Codd will trace the moving forms in Falls’ re-cut versions of the surf classic documentary,“The Endless Summer” (1966, Directed by Bruce Brown), and similar reconstructions of American western films, onto a loose screen of water-like reflective vinyl. Observers are invited to move around the space throughout the performance and to stay as long (or short) as they please.