Coryphaei
In Ancient Greek theatre, the chorus spoke with a collective voice. This series reworks that form through image and sound. Fragments of painting faces are mirrored and looped as projected masks. Each remains singular and outward-facing.
Syllabic utterances—eeeh, ff ff ff, sss, rrrr—accompany the image. They first suggest language; with repetition they collapse into sound.
The audience is the central figure as the work meets the viewer with accumulating form and feeling. Painting here functions as performance, and in repetition it holds vibration rather than speech.
2022. Infinite 4-second installation loop. Deconstructed raw pigment, dye, pumice, and canvas, reconfigured in digital imaging programs for video projection with audio choral voice loop.
Video includes repetitive sound manipulation and patterned motion effects
