steve roden
turning music into mountains, 2007
solo exhibition: susanne vielmetter berlin projects, berlin

the sculpture "turning music into mountains" was started by taking a map of buddhist pilgrimage sites in india and making a dot on a blank sheet of music paper for each destination.

the dots were then given musical note equivalents, based on where they appeared on the musical staff. each musical note (a-g) determined the hight of a dowel placed on top of each dot. the dowels were then connected intuitively with plaster cloth.

the paint colors were mixed from various sources of research on synaesthesia, based on the idea that if i used 10 different sources that gave a color value to the note "a", i averaged all of those colors into percentages and mixed them together to get a color from sum of all "a"s. (for ex: if i found 3 that said blue, 1 that said black, 4 that said red, and 2 that said yellow; i mixed a color that was 3 parts blue, 1 part black, 4 parts red, and 2 parts yellow). these colored bands around the sculpture start with a at the bottom and go to g on the top...


turning music into mountains
28" x 24" x 17"
acrylic, plaster, cloth, wood
2007


turning music into mountains - top view

turning music into mountains - installation views

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