SOUNDINGS FOR FATHOMS
four-person group show at PARALLEL ART SPACE
featuring the works of RUBY PALMER, CHRISTOPHER PATCH, BEN PRITCHARD and MICHAEL VOSS
2013
PRESS RELEASE:
Originally a nautical term for surveying and charting depths of water, “Soundings for Fathoms” were traditionally done by hand with either a pole or weighted rope. Since the invention of SONAR, ‘sounding’ now refers to an electronic pulse or vibration that is emitted from the water’s surface to echo-locate the delineating edges of a target.
An edge is created when a form or a boundary comes to be defined, whether by random accident or by willful intention. Clinical, mechanical, subliminal, incidental, haphazard – in visual art-making, the hand that renders edge-work reveals the temperament and attitude of the maker.
Originally a nautical term for surveying and charting depths of water, “Soundings for Fathoms” were traditionally done by hand with either a pole or weighted rope. Since the invention of SONAR, ‘sounding’ now refers to an electronic pulse or vibration that is emitted from the water’s surface to echo-locate the delineating edges of a target.
An edge is created when a form or a boundary comes to be defined, whether by random accident or by willful intention. Clinical, mechanical, subliminal, incidental, haphazard – in visual art-making, the hand that renders edge-work reveals the temperament and attitude of the maker.