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'Reciprocal Structures: Glass Light Sound' is a project between Scott Mc Laughlin (composer), Shelley James (glass artist), and Seth Woods (cello/improvisation), where the complex structures of glass and sound are revealed, magnified, and interlaced in performance. By shining focussed light through complex glass structures, we reveal the grain and cording of the glass, amplified by light refraction, producing beautiful caustics on both surrounding walls and on sandblasted glass 'scores'. The glass rotates slowly to allow a dynamic shifting of patterns, which is then interpreted by the performer as a quasi-graphic score. Seth's performance refracts the cello string by splitting the spectrum of the sound, revealing its own inner partials and structures as a reflection of the visual.