A Sanctuary of Trees. Phoebe Boswell. Commissioned by Orleans House. Image courtesy of Gallery 1957 and artist.
Phoebe Boswell’s A Sanctuary of Trees is a video triptych that unfolds as an intergenerational sonic offering - a conversation held through time, memory, and improvisation. In this intimate work, in which three people, virtuoso jazz pianist Pat Thomas, a spirited five-year-old, and Boswell herself come together at the piano, guided by music the artist composed in her teenage years to accompany a passage of poetic advice from her grandmother about the journey of life and death.
Activated as the first offering in Villa Romana’s 120th anniversary programme, which this year is guided by the theme of Plurifonica, A Sanctuary of Trees sets the tone for a year-long exploration of layered voices, resonances, and the shared act of listening. The installation unfolds as a meditation on inheritance and translation, on what is passed down and what is reinterpreted. Through the gesture of playing, each performer inhabits a space between memory and improvisation, calling and response.
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