Turn of Phrase
Vinyl Record
Playing Time - 22:00 minutes per side
H & W: 12”, D: 0.25”
2021-2022
Photo Credit: Elizabeth Lamark
A spoken word project based on the inner monologue of the glassblower at work is recorded and played through a 12” LP. The obsessive and redundant cadence of the glassblower’s most dominant thought while at work not only reveals the repetitive nature of their inner monologue, but also relies on a technology of playback that visually emulates the mantra it speaks.
“The mechanics of the hand at work as it responds to molten glass through a constant and revolving consideration of time, heat, physics, and symmetry rendered through spoken word.”
