76 thought noises, keyboard, stool, laptop
Exhibition: Chora Choruses, 2010, KINGS ARI, Melbourne
In Plato’s terms, chora is defined as an area of uncertainty between the intelligible and the sensible - Chora doesn’t look like anything, it doesn’t resemble anything, but if it did, it would look a lot like stupidity.1
A selection of 76 thought noises (collected in making the work Um Chorus ) are translated through software to the 76 keys on a digital keyboard placed in the gallery space and able to be “played” by the audience.
The work explores “other space” and possibilities, as well as the weight of responsibility; a collection of artists and their self-conscious thought noises made available to be “played”, resulting in either new lyrical versicles and responses or “chopsticks” in ums.
1. Morgan, Eleanor. ‘Derrida’s Garden’ in Fillip 2. Winter 2006. http://fillip.ca/content/derridas-garden