Emily DiMaio
The Lamby Laugh
2015
Screws, Wood
Screws, Wood
I recently experienced the need to return back
to the very basics in my artistic process.
In doing this, I am reminded of my childhood with my father. I have watched him build things by hand
throughout my life and at an early age I wanted to help. He taught me how to use a miniature tool set
as I worked alongside him in the garage.
One of the things he built for my family was a swing set with which I
associate many of my childhood memories and stories.
In an ongoing effort to investigate art as a
language, I became interested in portraying sound in a visual manner. The surface built with screws mimics my
interpretation of the frequency image that accompanied a found audio recording
of a child laughing.
This piece alludes to the presence of a happy
child that is no longer physically there.
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