On October 9, 2021, VISITOR CENTER presented its inaugural exhibition ‘Sound Mirror,’ a solo exhibition by Audra Wolowiec featuring works on paper and sculptures investigating the materiality of sound and their visual manifestations.

Sound or Acoustic Mirrors are large parabolic cement structures that were built along the coast of England in the early 1900’s as listening devices to detect the approach of enemy aircraft. Soon made obsolete by new technology, these architectural forms punctuate the landscape, as reminders of the physicality of sound. Works in the show, from large handmade paper waveforms, to cast concrete and ceramic sculptures, mine materiality through surface echoes and reciprocal wave patterns. These series are in conversation with Wolowiec’s work with language-based sound scores and installations (created during a Workspace Residency at Dieu Donné).

Catalogue for Sound Mirror, featuring poems in response to Wolowiec’s work by Christine Shan Shan Hou and Emmalea Russo: https://issuu.com/audrawolowiec/docs/soundmirror