Madeline Rile Smith ( Chestnut Hill ) MFA  R.I.T. 2021 will be back

making music with glass, glass demo’s representing Gravers Lane Gallery on the street.

Deafening Trumpet

Borosilicate

A Trumpet that makes the player go deaf. When a note is played, it is amplified directly into the player’s right ear. I wanted to make an instrument that hinders the body as much as it helps. This work is driven by questions of compromise and the ability of the human body. As a person with a physical disability, I am often confronted by my own issues of bodily ability and hindrance.