I, the Thing in the Margins
I, the Thing in the Margins
I, the Thing in the Margins was a solo exhibition by Wright exploring “silent” histories of nature and environmental sound recordists. Through performance, sound and assemblage the show was built around a chimeric persona; part human, part animal, part microphone; some thing that haunts the signal of media documentary practice. It asked what identity might lurk in the margins of sound capture and the hiss of self-noise? The central image from the exhibition appropriates frame 352 from the 1967 Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film, in which the famed mythos cypto-character looked back into the cameras gaze.
The work was first installed as part of a solo exhibition at IMT Gallery, 2015. Exhibition reviews can be read here:
The project continues to iterate over various platforms including writing and academic presentation:
![2.Super Unhomely_Installation View a person in a furry suit sat infront of an amplifyer, with a microphone on the wall, under a green light](/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2.Super-Unhomely_Installation-View.jpg)
Super Unhomely, installation view.
![5.Humanimentical Prototype #2_Detail copy A microphone insect sculpture sat on a panel of acoustic foam - under a bright green light](/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/5.Humanimentical-Prototype-2_Detail-copy.jpg)
Humanimentical Prototype, detail.
![4.Humanimentical Prototype #1_Detail A long thin microphone with wire 'legs' against a green background](/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/4.Humanimentical-Prototype-1_Detail.jpg)
Humanimentical Prototype, detail.
![6. Contact Zone #2_Installation View A camouflage net handing over a speaker on a bright green wall](/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/6.-Contact-Zone-2_Installation-View-rotated.jpg)
Contact Zone #2, installation view
![1.I the Thing in the Margins_Deluxe C-type Print_MPW_IMT Gallery 2015 A person walking through a forrest in a white fluffy suit](/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/1.I-the-Thing-in-the-Margins_Deluxe-C-type-Print_MPW_IMT-Gallery-2015.jpg)
I, the Thing in the Margins, deluxe C-type print