Sand and Stone draws inspiration from Janus, Matter Design's massive concrete sculpture, serving as a monument of contradictions and as a reference point for the accompanying pieces in Wasserman Projects' exhibition 'Ancient Entanglements'.
The musical program is a parallel reflection upon duality and the deep entanglement of the old with the new. Veiled by Niloufar Nourbakhsh opens the program, capturing the dissonant clash between modern revolutionary change and oppressive and persistent remnants of subjection. Ear, Skin, and Bone Riddles by Marcos Balter echoes ghosts of the past, tilling through layers of trauma to make way for growth. Taking us deep down to the darkest layers of the ocean, we hear the language of a primordial world untouched and unexplored by humans in Shiosai by Noriko Baba. The following triad of works, Less Is More (Molly Joyce), The Reflecting Pool (Leo Chadburn), and The Understanding of All Things (Kate Soper) reflect a dissolution of the overcomplicated in favor of the innate. The program concludes with Wooden by Silvia Borzelli, an unfolding soundscape exploring the capabilities of achieving depth and malleability in a rigid material.