Scott Pennington is a Baltimore-based artist specializing in large-scale participatory installation and sculptural assemblage works. Drawing upon his background as a furniture and cabinet-maker, Pennington utilizes woodworking and construction techniques to create colorful, detailed works of art that engage varied audiences and invigorate public spaces. Pennington’s work suggests a tangible, yet illusory reality that examines labor, consumer culture, and the pursuit of simple pleasures, and the construction of nostalgic human connections both genuine and fictitious.
in a single drop...
‘in a single drop…’ offers a visual and sonic mediation inspired by water offering common in Tibetan shrines. While the religious aspects of the practice are not featured, the notion of inviting presence and quietude by heightening awareness of self and space are very much at the heart of this installation. The sound of water dripping slowly into seven bowls is amplified and processed live to create a sonic memory of the real sounds, one that will sometimes seem distant and distorted.
Medium: Electronics, audio gear, water bowls, lights
Year: 2015
Details: Size and duration variable
Inner Spaces
Two-person exhibition at The Delaware Contemporary consisting of an installation of 8 sound sculptures using a variety of media including paper, plaster, wood, metal, ceramics, microphones, headphones, and microprocessors.
Medium: Mixed media
Year: 2022