Time’s Refrain explores the persistence of memory and cycles of experience across time. Empty wasp nests tucked within the body of a piano serve as metaphors for absence, transformation, and the echoes of the past. Like a musical refrain, patterns endure even in the face of change. The piece evokes a quiet tension between harmony and discord, suggesting how the traces of what once was continue to resonate long after their physical presence has faded.
Time’s Refrain
2016–24
Upright piano and reclaimed wasp nests