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"Ash"

Rolf Julius1991

Mattress Factory

Mattress Factory
Pittsburgh, United States

Julius recorded ordinary sounds, such as birds, radiators, and crickets, and patched them together into a collage of sound. This "music" plays from speakers inside flower pots. They are covered with an orange ash (from German coal-burning fireplaces) that seems to be dancing. It is as though the ash is making the sound "visible." It moves differently with every sound.

Ash is part of the Mattress Factory's Permanent Collection

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  • Title: "Ash"
  • Creator: Rolf Julius
  • Creator Lifespan: 1939/2011
  • Creator Nationality: German
  • Date Created: 1991
  • Location Created: Mattress Factory Museum
  • Medium: Sound Installation
Mattress Factory

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