Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Timbre is inspired by African-American writer Toni Morrison. The phrase at the center for this work comes from a particularly sonic passage of her classic novel The Bluest Eye. The passage is about children overhearing and attempting to interpret the speech of adults. Its vocabulary is a combination of natural, vocal, and synthesized sounds, which shimmers and sparkles. Timbre, together with Frequency (installed elsewhere at Caramoor) work together like the A side and B side of a record. Each work hints at an alternate way of listening, an opportunity to perceive something beyond the surface. They are from a larger series of projects using sound, text, and, sculpture that the artists call “tonotypes”.
Learn more at caramoor.org/upcoming-events/sonic-innovations.
Timbre is inspired by African-American writer Toni Morrison. The phrase at the center for this work comes from a particularly sonic passage of her classic novel The Bluest Eye. The passage is about children overhearing and attempting to interpret the speech of adults. Its vocabulary is a combination of natural, vocal, and synthesized sounds, which shimmers and sparkles. Timbre, together with Frequency (installed elsewhere at Caramoor) work together like the A side and B side of a record. Each work hints at an alternate way of listening, an opportunity to perceive something beyond the surface. They are from a larger series of projects using sound, text, and, sculpture that the artists call “tonotypes”.
Learn more at caramoor.org/upcoming-events/sonic-innovations.
