Runciman was a musician and
wanted to get back into exploring
the idea of using sound as well.
“I like to think of art as an
umbrella term,” explained Galietti.
“Within it, there are all these
different types of languages of
expression but when you start to
bring them together it’s like when
you’re one person you can express
yourself, but when there are two
people together you can start
to have a conversation. I wanted
to start having conversations in
our first artistic languages - mine
being visual art or movement
based visual art and Matt working
in sound and music. So while at
Vermont Studio Center I invited
him to collaborate with me.”
Runciman was brought on to one
of Galietti’s last projects during
her residency and it received a
great response. Serendipitously,
she came across an artist
residency in Iceland that was
interested in collaboration.
Since the residency would
involve three months in complete
darkness, the application asked,
“What is darkness? What does it
mean to you?”
“Vatnið Fellur,” Skagastrond, Iceland
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