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Distant Rhythm
2019
Hand carved drum sticks

Two wooden drum sticks carved from antipodal trees. One made from the wood of a Mangrove tree growing in Kopu, New Zealand, whilst the other is from an Olive tree located in Algaidas, Spain.

​These two pieces of wood form an unlikely pair and when played they sustain a rhythm that crosses the globe on every beat. Cadence rhythms were originally developed to sustain pace and energy during long marches, when played the sticks echo the journeys undertaken to bring them together alongside the wider politics of movement, migration and power.