Architect Benjamin Aranda describes the intricacies of Matthew Ritchie’s sprawling, biomorphic, hybrid structure, The Morning Line. “One way to understand the project, is that it’s basically just a set of arches,” Aranda explains. “Where it gets a little looser, is when we grow these smaller units off the primary structure…That’s where it gets more interesting. It adds a kind of filigree, in a way, to the reading of this arch.”

The project was conceived by Ritchie as a collaborative platform investigating the relationships and reciprocity of art, architecture, cosmology and music. The Morning Line exists as a three dimensional drawing in space, in which a series of lines and fractals form a network of intertwining figures and narratives. The work is outfitted with a series of speakers and controls, transforming the piece into an innovative sound environment through which various composers and sound artists can play their music.