Sounding Stones

Sounding Stones is comprised of four granite blocks that have been cut through to create viewing holes to see neighboring blocks and hear water fountains contained within the blocks. Each stone averages six feet square. The rough quarry-cut bore holes were left untouched, with the polished surfaces being the ones that were cut to form each block. Says Lin, Â"I design works to create an intimate dialogue with the viewer, allowing a place of contemplation, sometimes an incorporation of history, always a reliance on time, memory, and a passage or journey. The relation between the viewer and the artwork does not require a knowledge of a specific language of forms, but instead relies on a direct empathetic response to the work. This experiential reading of the work, utilizing modulations in the light, sound, texture, materiality, subtle changes in height, depth, or grade, has helped define my work." http://www.artonfile.com/html/projectnotes.lasso?id=4518 Commissioned by the US General Services Administration's Art in Architecture Program