The Tusen Takk Channel and Alluvion Arts @ 414 are pleased to present Vessel of Soundless Sound. Featuring work by Ahavani Mullen that has "evolved from silence", the exhibition includes paintings, installations, and wall-mounted sculptures that employ a range of materials, from paint, transparent textiles, silver leaf, limestone, aluminum, to copper. Rooted in a long-term contemplative journey, these works record “relatively permanent moments in earthly time, offering passage to an intermediate space between the seen and unseen. Hovering between shifting planes, they describe multiple realms, dimensions, and volume or vacuum.”
The exhibition includes several sound-charged paintings produced during the artist’s residency at Tusen Takk. By directing select audio into the water used for painting, Mullen captured the energetic imprint of specific sounds and texts, absorbing their vibration and distilling their qualities into the work. She used these “energetically-charged” materials to create her fields of color, light, and texture. Working in small outdoor pools of paint and water, her canvases acted like a vessel, collecting pigment as sediment over extended periods.
To access the second floor of Commongrounds, enter through the door on the west side of the building or through the parking garage on the lower level, and take the elevator to the second floor.
THE TUSEN TAKK CHANNEL: AN ARTIST ENGAGEMENT SERIES
The Tusen Takk Channel is a partnership with Alluvion Arts @ 414 at Commongrounds in downtown Traverse City, MI. The Channel will feature Tusen Takk’s artists-in-residence in rotating exhibitions and in live programs at the Alluvion, all serving to anchor Tusen Takk’s public programming in the region.
Commongrounds is a real estate cooperative cultivating a more empowered community through cooperatively-owned places that connect people and actively integrate wellness, arts, family and food. The pilot project is a four-story mixed-use building at 414 E. Eighth Street, hosting a variety of nonprofit, business, and residential tenants; visual arts programming; and events and activities.
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This project has been funded in part by a mini-grant from Michigan Arts & Culture Council and the Northwest Michigan Arts & Culture Network.
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