Canon

Canon has three parts–Gavotte, Bourrée, and Courante—that I created from different sections of the same piece of writing. Although I doubt you’ll find a gavotte, a bourrée, and a courante in one musical composition, I chose those names because each is both a dance and a type of music.

Much like the curving text on the prints, the Renaissance era dances involve circling movements, jumps, and interweaving partners. Musically, they are more separate to me. A Gavotte alternates sinuous rhythms and jumping fast notes. A Bourrée is slower and more even. And a Courante is made up of quick, big jumps.

I see the calligraphic marks on the prints as the music and the arrangement of the prints in a space as the dance, for the prints sway and swirl with the site’s air currents and the movements of passersby. My hope is to engage viewers in a quiet call and response that might spark a greater awareness in their surroundings, which they may then carry beyond the exhibition space.