Chordophone: A Break in the Noise.

This musical instrument is individual and free from any pre-existing cultural connotations and in it's absurd scale and only having three strings which move out of tune easily, it doesn't fit with conventional musical structures. 

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The shape refers to hexagonal structures in nature, for example; bees honeycomb or the basalt rocks of The Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.

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'Material/Alliances':

This work was shown as a work-in-progress at the Copeland Gallery, Peckham. After a short improvised performance by myself and my sister Dara who is also a musician, the audience were invited to interact with the work to make abstract music by plucking the strings and create rhythms by hitting the metal frame. This created a playful space for non-verbal communication, creative expression and listening.

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Further development of this work has been temporarily postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.