For the exhibition Sculptures Kakophoniques I searched for a title, a word, that was visceral and similar when pronounced in either French or English, since the exhibition was in Montreal. While developing the imagery for the show, I became absorbed with a preliminary shape, a fat oval that felt like it could make a sound, something like castanets. I referred to the image as Klakker, but the sound is not something you can actually hear, it’s a sensation of possible sound—an act of imagination. The reference to an imaginary sound works with the illusion of three dimensionality embedded in the imagery, along with a sense of movement or dynamism. Perception occurs in multiple ways and I play with this by combining scale that can be read as micro or macro, the flatness of a metal sheet with the illusion of depth. My artwork in the exhibition Sculpture Kakophoniques continues this exploration of perceptual conflict, or how the body assimilates and processes familiar/unfamiliar information— including a reference to sound. 

Sculptures Kakophoniques, Centre d’exposition Circa Art Contemporain, Montreal, 2011.
Wall sculptures laser or water-jet cut from steel or aluminum sheets and approximately 180 cm (6 feet) in diameter.