Claudia Molitor

 You, Me And Everyone We Know

Over the course of a year, design studio Glithero invited friends, family, colleagues, neighbours and collaborators, into their studio’s photographic darkroom. They captured the silhouettes of their hands on vessels; an original process involving movement, light and careful timing. The result is a collective portrait, a snapshot of a community from this place and of our time. The traces captured on each of these vases carry a simple message… We were here.

To accompany this work I was asked to create Sounds of the Darkroom, an audio work that used the sounds Glithero recorded in their photographic darkroom while making One Hundred Handfuls with 100 volunteers.

Each of the hundred vessels was the result of an encounter; a process of explanation and conversation, movement and timing. The audio composition weaves together fragments of dialogue, tactile sounds of the vases being handled, movements of the body, and music that reflects the rhythm and intimacy of participating in the work. It can be listened to here.