AO ROBERTS
THE STRIDENTS, 2016-2017
Based on personal experiences of loss and collective action, The Stridents delves into lamentation and retreat as forms of dissent.
Install views:
The Stridents, Truck Gallery (2017)
Superimposition: Sculpture and Image, Plug In ICA (2016)
The Stridents #1 (sigh, gasp, hiss, rale) (detail). Cotton nylon, steel. 80” x 20” x 23”. 2016.
The Stridents #2 (total insolvency). Cotton nylon, steel.
80” x 20” x 23”, 2016.
The Stridents #3
(there is gold dust).
Polyester, spruce.
64” x 36’ x 1”
2016
Say It Ain’t So #1-5.
Ink and lampblack on paper.
19.5” x 27.5”.
2016.
Say It Ain’t So #3
(litihium milk)
Ink and lampblack on paper.
19.5” x 27.5”.
2016.
Say It Ain’t So #
(gold rue)
Ink and lampblack on paper.
19.5” x 27.5”.
2016.
A Mirror for Recluses.
15 min audio loop of a polyvocal recitation, speakers, bench, ventilation grate.
Dimensions variable.
2016
Based on research into medieval hermetic nuns The Anchorites. The installation features speakers embedded into the walls of TRUCK gallery, out of which emits a chorus of voices reciting sections of the guide for Anchorites "The Speculum Inclusorum".