To hear a sound [Kraków to Venice in 12 hours]

[An Introduction to the work of Magda Stawarska by Deborah Stevenson, April 2016]

“To hear a sound is to see its space. Space has tonality, and I imagine myself composing a space lofty, vaulted, or under a dome, attributing to it a sound character alternating with the tones of a space, narrow and high, with graduating silver, light to darkness.”

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Before Sound ( Joshua Horsley and Magda Stawarska-Beavan) was part of the Into a Better Shape programme during the Hard Times by Lubaina Himid exhibition at the Harris Museum. The 24 meters hand printed silk screen was suspended in the central rotunda hall over all four levels of the museum. This intervention was a conversation point for two months wile exhibited....