"The twentieth century is, among other things, the Age of Noise. Physical noise, mental noise and noise of desire---we hold a history’s record for all of them. And no wonder; for all the resources of our almost miraculous technology have been thrown into the current assault against silence.?"
Douglas Kahn

My latest body of work explores domestic environments. I am interested in everyday objects that indicate how we are physically moved by sounds in such a way that the structure of daily living is transformed and stamped by habit.

For instance, I have made earmuff/earphone sculptures out of grass, fur, Tupperware, light fixtures, fish tank glass, crystal, industrial and plumbing products that function as a metaphorical choice between muffling sound and increasing its volume. After the sculptures are made, I paint and draw them in order to understand if the representational process alters them conceptually from a preconceived notion of a particular kind of noise or sound. Most recently, I have incorporated old wallpaper and vintage fabric into my paintings because they represent the influence of textiles on domestic cultural habits. Aspects of decorative design correspond with notions of sound and rhythm. I am combining several mediums from different sources to see how they converse with each other.

Many of my visual references are derived from my own home and road trips to old abandoned houses. I photograph their interiors, peal wallpaper from walls, and pick up debris left behind. In these places, I actively listen for noises and map the sounds through traces of past activity. In this respect, architectural sound can be seen as a phenomenon of the wind through a cracked window or a rocker’s groove etched on a creaky floor---in conversation with us about where we are and who has been there before us.

I believe that the ritual behavior of people making noise, both past and present, (through conversation, singing, meditating, and routine labor) leaves an imprint on architecture. In many religious communities, churches and mosques act as city clocks calling for daily prayer times, which, in turn, influence urban planning, travel, and domestic practices such as meditation, mealtime and shopping. Likewise, even the most mundane noises such as car traffic and coffee perking persuade our outer geographical behavior and internal state of mind. Sound, then, has the ability to become an objectified space and presence made visible in daily living.