Shelby Head
Providence, RI
My interdisciplinary practice investigates the social and linguistic constructs that shape identity, history, and collective memory in the United States.
MessageInterplay translates the improvisational structure of bebop jazz into visual form. Using limited materials—cut book pages, images, tubing, and wire—it mirrors the AABA song form through spatial rhythm, repetition, and variation. The installation blurs the line between art and music, layering intuitive gestures with formal restraint to evoke a living score. Like jazz, it resists fixity, unfolding as an event shaped by presence, process, and play.
- Collections: Interplay
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