Black holes (such as in the Perseus A Galaxy) exude pressure waves that are known to reverberate in B flat, the lowest note in the universe, which is 57 octaves lower than a middle C and impossible to perceive with a human ear.  Al Hadid builds history around this tone like a shrine around a reliquary in a form of flawed Greek columns, Gothic windows, a Baroque dome, and industrial-looking organ pipes which (silently) leak out black sound -- all in an allegro of decay.  

Sculpting scientific fact into the holiest devotional subject, Al Hadid vigorously launches mythology, sacral architecture, and liturgy into the space age.  Also, if Earth came close to a black hole our tiny planet would be gobbled up in no time, along with all the cultural and scientific achievements of our comparatively short existence.

Written by Sabine Russ and Gregory Volk
Excerpt from the catalogue for Disorientation II, 2009