Baltimore native Lenett Partlow-Myrick aka Mama Nef is a visual artist, poet-writer, educator, spirARTtual activist, grandmother, and principal artist for Partlow Art. She makes artifacts of her living experiences as an African-descendant female residing in the United States. Her visual art has been featured at the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, in group shows at Hamilton Gallery, the Dos-à-Dos book art exhibit, and most recently on the cover of Passager. Her writings appear in several anthologies, including A Community of . . .
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