Robert Morris

'Box with the Sound of It's Own Making',
1961.

Robert Morris is an American sculptor, conceptual artist and writer. He is regarded as one of the most prominent theorists of Minimalism, but he has also made important contributions to the development of performance art, land art, the Process Art movement and installation art.

The sculptor once created a piece of art by recording the sounds of himself building a nine-inch walnut cube containing a three hour recording of its actual construction; the racket of the saw and hammer and the quieter moments of measurement and fitting. When he was done, he put the tape recorder inside the box, pressed play, and sealed it. He called this piece ‘Box with the Sound of It’s Own Making’.

I found this piece particularly interesting because of it's simplicity. I like that it is what it says it is without having to think about the process in to much depth. He has had the desire to assign meaning to the unfamilair and unconventional, it's a concept of originality, logic and reason; being a great example of 'minimalism art'.

I can see why Miguel thought of this piece in the discussion of my work as our approach to creating the work is quite similar; both using the process as a definition to its meaning. Alongside the incorporation of sound, obviously my edited recording is completely different, however I have also included the sound of cutting into this; the repetative process in my work.