Tom R. Chambers' mother passed away in 1983. "Mother's 45s" is a
tribute. Chambers matched his mother's 45rpm records with the
family photographs to create assemblages by using the hole spaces
of the records to frame the images. He eventually arrived at a
satisfactory combination, incorporating forty-five 45rpm records
with images and a portion of each song onto an audio cassette to be
used as a part of the exhibition. He faded-in/faded-out the songs
and looped them for continuous play and in order with the wall
display of the photo/record assemblages. The photographs of his
Mother were sequenced according to the chronology of her life,
which spanned almost 60 years. When the piece is viewed along with
the songs, the sound stimulus pulls the viewer from record to
record (1 - 45) and this process has some interesting points: the
maturation process of his Mother is seen; the man who came into her
life and eventually became her husband and his Father is seen; the
maturation process of her only child (him) is seen; the change in
hair and fashion styles is seen; the change in automobile models is
seen; and various locales throughout the United States are seen.
This project (and its success) is the high point of his visual arts
career for the simple reason that it involves and perpetuates his
Mother's existence. http: //www.tomrchambers.com/index-13.html
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