The Opposite of Silence

Iridescent tongues spill out of a wooden picture frame hanging on the wall.

Size: 72 x 22 x 8 in
Medium: wooden picture frame, fabric, thread, fiber fill, wire

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The Opposite of Silence confronts the viewer with a mass of tentacle-like tongues that recall Medusa’s hair made of snakes or play-do pushed through holes. It is a material experience, but the title suggests a sound we must imagine. What is the opposite of silence? Is it a quiet, wet, slithery sound or a scream?

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