Monday, September 30, 2013

Silence in a heartbeat


Since audio is a great part of my profession, I really like this theme. At first glimpse it looked so easy, but as I started to work it became quite a challenge. To analyze "the sound of silence" as a professional, both sound and silence are not visual, we don't see them, we hear them. So how to visualize? If you go into a "dead room", where no sound exist at all, you start to hear your own heartbeat, and the rush of blood in your veins. I didn't want to make a dead room as a background, and using word -  what language to choose? But music-notation is the same all over the world, so I chose the sign for the musician to take a general rest, (in french they call it silence), and put it as a background. I chose grey on a white background, because I wanted something neutral. On this I appliqued the sound-wave of the heartbeat in read in raw edge applique, to represent the blood. The echo-quilting represent this "sound" as it bounces around in the body, fading from red towards pink and grey.







7 comments:

  1. Greta, I wondered how you would interpret this idea, given your expertise. The contour quilting and the restricted palette work well together, and the musical stave is a rewarding central figure.

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  2. Greta, such an unusual idea, I like the simple clean lines. It all works together to create a strong image.

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  3. I find your piece particularly intriguing - due to your choice of colour and imagery, and also probably because I too thought about how to work the sound of sound (music/noise) into my piece but aborted this idea). You did well!

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  4. I once had the opportunity to go into a dead room. It is amazing how much you hear in such a silence. I love your idea and the simple lines of your quilt. Sabine

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  5. A clever and interesting idea Greta, and, as usual, beautifully made.

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  6. I really like the story that you are telling with this piece. You have managed to present visually a very abstract idea and make an interesting image. Well done.

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