Vibrations in Steel Replace Vocal Cords by Megan Rudden

‘Vibrations in Steel Replace Vocal Cords’ is a sculptural exploration of the bodily connotations of metals such as iron and its alloy steel; considering how processes of casting and welding both relate to and effect the physical body. After exhibiting work at ‘DOK’ in Edinburgh, the last remaining building from Henry Robb Shipyard in Leith converted into art gallery, I realised my granddad had worked on this same, now defunct, shipyard as a Shipwright. What began as an investigation into this personal connection lead on to further consideration of wider issues of gender, labour, class and reproduction.

~ Megan Rudden

Material List; Stainless steel nuts, cast iron, cast aluminium, builder’s sand, film shown at 94cm; the height of my mother’s womb (duration 28 mins), sound; artist’s own voice.

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Megan Rudden

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I am an Edinburgh born, Glasgow based visual artist and recent graduate of the Environmental Art course at Glasgow School of art. My work is often concerned with ideas surrounding the body, particularly those of gender, sexuality and reproduction. By analysing the relationship between physical reproduction and social reproduction within my work, I hope to explore ideas of power, oppression, control, gender and labour. Through the site specific aspects of my practice I attempt to create non-linear, trans-historical narratives which use place as an anchor to link stories across time. My exploration of various media and ideas leads to a varied practice that moves across performance, film, drawing, text-based work and object making, however my methodology is consistent; the idea drives investigation into materials and processes and this determines the form and outcome of each body of work.