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'Psalmsong', Alison's first glass installation work to showcase her use of light & colour, was made possible by a Creative Scotland Award from the Scottish Arts Council in 2002. It took a year to complete, and utilises engraved crystal panels with dichroic colour and optical fibre lighting, digital photography, printed textiles & music. 'Psalmsong' is now in the permanent collection of Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh. The video above, which shows the installation in its entirety and in detail, was directed by Robin Morton and is taken from Alison's CD / DVD album 'The Silver String' (Temple Records COMD2096), which contains a full length album & a DVD featuring two other short films and video interviews with Alison about her work.
The glass work is based around a piece of music of the same name, composed & performed by Alison on the Scottish harp. The notes of the melody were recorded & analysed, and the patterns produced by sampling across the soundwave formed the basis of the glass design. The human figures & the colours represent the emotion in the music.
The lights & colours make use of optical fibre technology & the shadow projected by the engraving was photographed & digitally printed to produce a shadow banner, 4.5m long, which hangs behind the glass.

 

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