less. began as a minimalist art rock band, at first separate to, but now an extension of their own individual art practices. Collaborating artists Paul Good and Kirsty Wood create installations using symbols, relics and paraphernalia from the original band.
‘to solidify a negative space (three part score for The Magnificent Basement only)’ is a visual representation of an ongoing body of work originating as scores and recordings of less. now becoming site-specific installations.
less., score for a past performance, cast crash and stand, 2010
Work seen is the remainders of a past action. The walls cast in rubber have been pulled from the wall to collapse under their own weight. The score marks an uneasy fall or crescendo of sound with a small drum part cast in plaster, lost within the mass. The title words ‘negative space’ refers to the artists’ exploration of silence within music and how to frame what is formless.
