Sanchez Art Center
Pacifica, California
2001
Temporary installation. Salvaged: piano carcass, buckets, gravel, dirt, plywood. New: piano wire.
10’ H x 12’ W x 10’ D
This participatory installation of piano wire, filled buckets and a piano carcass comprise an aerial instrument, born of the piano.
Wires of varied thickness and lengths stretched by a range of bucket weights cause sonic variations. The piano harp is strummed like a regular harp, creating intense, haunting sounds.
Wall pieces are artworks by others in the exhibition.
![Piano carcass showing exposed harp, suspended metal bucket filled with rocks in foreground.](https://www.judithblankman.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/from-my-inner-crust-portrait.jpg)
![Piano carcass on scattered plywood, suspended objects filled with gravel - 4 buckets & 1 cage.](https://www.judithblankman.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/from-my-inner-crust-wide2.jpg)
![Buckets suspended over scattered plywood base with dirt piled around the piano carcass.](https://www.judithblankman.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/from-my-inner-crust-buckets.jpg)
![Gallery wide shot.](https://www.judithblankman.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/from-my-inner-crust-wide1.jpg)
Wall sculptures on back wall by Laurie Polster.
Wall sculptures on left wall and floor piece in center by Lawrence Labianca.