Allora & Calzadilla: Fault Lines, 2013, ten metamorphic and igneous rocks; performance by Carlos and Jorge Tapia, from the Transfiguration Boychoir, dimensions variable; at Gladstone Gallery. Photo by David Regen.
“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends,” Oscar Wilde once quipped. It’s one of the stinging barbs you’ll hear sung by a boy soprano in Allora & Calzadilla’s new performance and sculptural work, Fault Lines. Ten stone sculptures are scattered throughout the gallery and mimic, in form and function, choral risers. At various times daily you can catch a 20-minute performance by two (very) young male vocalists, who “fight” in an a capella duel using an original composition by Guarionex Morales, while navigating the stone slabs.