In Soundwaves, Lu engages with the Phillips Music performance of Philip Glass’s Etude no. 16 played on piano by Timo Andres by visualizing the sound into a spatial configuration—soundwaves. She takes the repetitive notes and chords from Glass’s music and translates them into a physical space: the seven notes played on the piano by the left hand are represented by seven paintings on the left side of the gallery, and the five notes played by the right hand are represented by five paintings on the right side of the gallery. “In this special arrangement, the emotions of music are carried through colors of paintings, each painting becoming an instrument, a source of sound that materializes the poetic quality of music.”

Exhibition runs from February 9- April 30, 2023