Ephemeral sound installation in which a sea cave in California transmogrifies into a cello-like sound sculpture via wire and bow.

Sea cave, wire, cello bow.

Rigby built a sound sculpture with welded brass objects with which to tension wire throughout the length of a sea cave, and bowed the wire in a series of durational performances with her cello bow during low and high tides. The sea cave itself became the cello body, with an immense resonant capacity, as well as a means to think about relationships among sound and deep time.

The sound sculpture, installation and performance left no trace on the sea cave or the surrounding environment.

2024