Tracey
Cockrell
ENVOY
a sound sculpture
90” x 90” x 90”
typewriter, maple, purple heart, steel music wire, brass,
silver, glass, rubber
2000-2006
The act of typing sets this sound sculpture in motion. Five thin
lengths of maple span horizontally the corner of a room. Stretched
across four of these lengths are steel music wire, tuned to produce
various tones when struck. A copper tube is suspended horizontally from
the lowest rung. Mounted along the right side of each length, from top
to bottom respectively, are a glass globe containing silver beads, a
typewriter bell, a miniature hammer, and a flap of rubber. A manual
typewriter sits a few feet away on a table. Each key on the typewriter
is connected via thread to a single brass rod. Each brass rod is
positioned to strike either wire, or tube, etc… This sound
sculpture was used in a series of collaborative performances with other
artists, writers, and musicians. “Aspirate breath is expelled
at the edges of the teeth” is a CD booklet documenting these
performances.
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Listen
to audio excerpt, from
PishPosh, 10 seconds:
