The work of Bob Marsh over the past two and a half years in the creation of “sonic clothing” brings together, in a uniquely dynamic way, his passion for making sculpture, avnat-garde music and dance. Beginning with materials from everyday life—plastic water bottles, tape, newspaper pictures—he transforms them to highlight various sound producing capacities, both obvious and latent, and places the materials in an intimate position with our primary instrument: the human body. The dormant sounds are wakened by movements large and small and announce the existence of a new being.
For the showing at the Center for New Music, Marsh will create a new work from the drawings and constructions he’s made over the last three years following the dance classes with Anna Halprin. Anna frequently asks students to cast their movement experiences into another medium—drawing, or writing, or combinations thereof. Marsh will take his graphic and sculptural notes and turn them into an opportunity for movement.