Renowned artist Stephen Vitiello will begin the season for the Ear Hut, the listening station created by Miya Masaoka located on the Governors Island waterfront at Building 12. One string left and a head for the sea was made with an Edsel Martin Dulcimer and a multi-loop device, recorded in real-time.
Artist Statement: The dulcimer was one of a very few things I wanted to save after we cleared out my mother’s house. The instrument had been banging around a shelf or two for most of my childhood. I’d never played it and I’m not sure any of us had but it was a bit of an iconic object in the house, with the notable figurehead carved into the top. As the title notes, only one of four strings remained on the instrument. I did bring it in to a luthier for some more care and attention soon after.
Artist Statement by Stephen Vitiello
