EXHIBITIONS > All Saints Pasadena Proposal #2: Elana Mann

The cupping gesture of a human hand is most associated with scooping water for drinking, holding nuts and seeds, shielding a whisper, forcibly covering the mouth, or creating a dome against the ear to aid in hearing.

Here, the artist molded her hand, extended the forearm into a horn, and drilled a hole on the palm for a sound hole. The fully functioning amplification device is plaster white - evoking mummification or the cast of a broken arm. When put into action, the hand looks like a silencing but is actually a trumpeting bullhorn.