Future spaces replicate earlier spaces

Gala Porras-Kim (b. 1984, Bogotá, Colombia) lives in Los Angeles, California.

Future spaces replicate earlier spaces is a sculpture based on a Strombus conch which was often used throughout global antiquity as an instrument in rituals and as a decorative object. The exterior of the sculpture is pearlescent and marked with etchings inspired by traditional Mayan conch carving, and the work is propped vertically on a base made with shell stone. The work will play music made from the sounds of an 18,000-year-old conch instrument. On view at the Spur, Future spaces replicate earlier spaces considers the history of the nearby ports and connects our contemporary moment to an ancient, cyclical past.

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18,000 Conch Instrument Sound. Sound file courtesy of Artist.