Wave in First Person
Gary Barwin
Artwork for ‘Waves‘ (Issue 22)
The Science
The work considers the image of the wave as present in sound (a notation musical passage from Scriabin who famously considered sound/colour synaethesia in his music) as well as the expansion and possible contraction of the universe as a giant waveform. More broadly, the work explores these images in conjunction with other symbols (a Hebrew letter and the Kabbalistic Tree of Life) as a way of considering systems of knowledge and epistemology in general.
Further information:
https://www.lso.co.uk/what-you-should-know-about-alexander-scriabin/
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/djm_ilanot/
The Medium
The work is digital collage with digital drawing.
The Artist
Gary Barwin is a writer, musician and multimedia artist and the author of 34 books including Scandal at the Alphorn Factory: New and Selected Short Fiction 2024-1984. Recent work includes Bird Fiction, an interactive multimedia work (with Sarah Imrisek) featured in Hamilton Arts Week June 2025 and a book and recording with Lillian Allen and Gregory Betts, Muttertongue. Recordings of his work are available at https://garybarwin.bandcamp.com and https://muttertonguetrio.bandcamp.com/
He lives in Hamilton, Canada.
www.garybarwin.com
Copyright statement. This work is published under the CC BY-NC-SA license