Credits:

Stephen O’Malley

Description:

A new work by Stephen OMalley that pursues an overwhelming sense of immersion and a soundscape that seems to dissolve the self. This recording captures the site-specific music created for artist Banks Violettes exhibition Wish You Were Here, using low-frequency vibrations, deep oscillations, and phase cancellation to depict presence and absence, life and loss through sound. The works origins date back to 2020, when it was commissioned by the Belgian guitar quartet ZWERM; it is structured around four guitars sustaining microtonal harmonies. For over 20 years, OMalley and Violette have pursued an artistic practice that spans sound, space, and sculpture. Exploring themes of structures that persist even after meaning has been lost and of endless loss, this work has taken on a new life as an LP, moving beyond the confines of the exhibition space.