30” x 40” (pattern detail)
work on paper / fabric / or aluminum
Installation - Sound and Image
bird calls are semi transparent in front of the landscape gathering place
Semi transparent fabric and opaque fabric
Sizes variable according to venue
2020
Cover of the Sufi epic poem written in 1177
Illustration from the Sufi epic poem written in 1177
To honor the 100 year anniversary of women’s right to vote in 1920 -
I thought about the parallel between women gaining their voice just as the passenger pigeon lost theirs and became extinct. that
I want to honor Martha the last surviving Passenger pigeon as well as the women of the Suffragette movement.
This is Martha — you all may know her — she is a star among birds …
She was the last surviving passenger pigeon (her mate George had passed several years before her — they are of course named after George and Martha Washington … )
Sadly since there are no recordings of the voice of the passenger pigeon I sought out the closest living relatives.
Installation includes eight silk panels representing the sound wave patterns of three species that were native to Southern China - 2019 - 10’ x 25’ x 25’
Sound Installation - Sound Editing By Alex Drosen
Work on paper study for installation
14” x 42”
Detail
Detail
Detail
©Eye in the Park Photography
pigment print
30” x 20”
Archival recordings courtesy Cornell Ornithology Lab, recorded by Martha Fischer, Stewart D. MacDonald, Bob McGuire, Sture Palmér Peter Svingen, and Gerrit Vyn
View of photographic silks and sound installation
Sonnenschein and Albright Galleries, Lake Forest College
Archival recordings courtesy The Cornell Ornithological Lab and Arthur A. Allen, Gregory Budney, and Vincent Gerwe
Biosphere
solvent print on silk
10' x 22.5'
2017
Layered in front approx 4' out from Biosphere:
California Condor
solvent print on semi transparent sheer fabric
10' x 12.5'
2018
Archival recordings of species vocalizations all courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and recorded by Vincent Gerwe
solvent print on semi-transparent shear fabric
10' x 12.5'
2018
Archival recordings of species vocalizations all courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and recorded by Vincent Gerwe
Biosphere
solvent print on silk
10' x 22.5'
2017
Layered in front 3' and 6' are:
American Bittern
solvent print on semi-transparent fabric
7' x 9'
2018
California Condor
solvent print on semi-transparent fabric
10' x 4'
2018
Archival recordings of species vocalizations all courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and recorded by Vincent Gerwe and Steven R. Pantle
dimensions and media contingent on exhibition space
produced as pigment prints
photo ten
jacquard silk
semi-transparent shear fabric
linens
2018
Archival recordings of species vocalizations all courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and recorded by Vincent Gerwe
Snowy Egret, Goldfinch, Indigo Bunting, Song Sparrow, Black and White Warbler, Palm Warbler, Song Sparrow, Scarlet Tanager, Song Sparrow, Baltimore Oriole, Ruby Crowned Kinglet, Pileated Woodpecker
Esperanza, Pigment Print
Archival recordings courtesy The Cornell Ornithological Lab and recorded by Arthur A. Allen and Gregory Budney
Snowy Egret, Goldfinch, Indigo Bunting, Song Sparrow, Black and White Warbler, Palm Warbler, Song Sparrow, Scarlet Tanager, Song Sparrow, Baltimore Oriole, Ruby Crowned Kinglet, Pileated Woodpecker
dimensions and media contingent on exhibition space
produced as pigment prints
photo ten
jacquard silk
semi-transparent shear fabric
linens
2018
Archival recordings courtesy The Cornell Ornithological Lab and recorded by Matthew D. Medler
Archival recordings courtesy The Cornell Ornithological Lab and recorded by Matthew D. Medler
Putting the Work to Work - raising funds for The Cornell Lab of Ornithology - see more in Commissions Section of Web Site
The Luxury of Night
Scarlet Tanager and female Indigo Bunting, calls
Archival recordings courtesy The Cornell Ornithological Lab and recorded by Arthur A. Allen
Violet Night, Migration Season, Snowy Egret
Archival recordings courtesy The Cornell Ornithological Lab and recorded by Arthur A. Allen
Violet Night, Migration Season, Scarlet Tanager
Archival recordings courtesy The Cornell Ornithological Lab and recorded by Arthur A. Allen
Violet Night, Migration Season, Scarlet Tanager and Snowy Egret
Archival recordings courtesy The Cornell Ornithological Lab and recorded by Arthur A. Allen
Prairie Dusk and Scarlet Tanager
Sizes variable
pigment on jacquard silk or photo-tek
2017
Images of archival recordings of sound waves of calls and other vocalizations courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology / Nene recordings by Gregory Budney
Migratory Bird calls, spring
Veeck Gallery Installation, 2018
pigment print on silk
36” x 149”
Archival recordings of species vocalizations all courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
University Galleries
Alice Hargrave: New Works
Photographs, Photographic Fabric Walls,
and Sound Installation
Archival recordings of species vocalizations all courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Installation View at The Arts Club of ChicagoSound component plays from a parabolic speaker above
consisting of archival field recordings from the 1950's
Re-contextualized and re-compiled, In collaboration with Artist Walter Kitundu.
Archival recordings courtesy The Cornell Ornithological Lab and recorded by Arthur A. Allen
Pigment Print on Silk
40" x 30"
2018
Sound component plays from a parabolic speaker above
consisting of archival field recordings from the 1950's
Re-contextualized and re-compiled, In collaboration with Artist Walter Kitundu.
Archival recordings courtesy The Cornell Ornithological Lab and recorded by Arthur A. Allen
Pigment Print on Jacquard Silk
40" x 30"
Semi-transparent shear fabric or jacquard silk
4' x 6'
Phototek Wallpaper (sizes variable due to venue specifications)
10’ x 25’
Archival recordings of species vocalizations courtesy The Cornell Ornithological Lab and recorded by Arthur A. Allen
dimensions and media contingent on exhibition space
produced as pigment prints
photo tek
jacquard silk
semi-transparent shear fabric
or linen
2018
Archival recordings of species vocalizations all courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
dimensions and media contingent on exhibition space
produced as pigment prints
photo tek
jacquard silk
semi-transparent shear fabric
or linen
2018
Archival recordings of species vocalizations all courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and recorded by Justin Hite
dimensions and media contingent on exhibition space
produced as pigment prints
photo tek
jacquard silk
semi-transparent shear fabric
or linen
2018
Archival recordings of species vocalizations all courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Steven R. Pantle