In Relative Obscurity: Live Audio/Visual Series Overview

A site specific sound, film, and visual art series filmed in Rhyolite, Nevada.

In Relative Obscurity is an ongoing sound and film series developed through site specific recording, improvisation, and documentation in Rhyolite, Nevada, at Goldwell Open Air Museum’s Red Barn Arts Center. Each installment brings artists into direct engagement with place, environment, and process, treating the vast desert valley as an active part of the work.

Sunset view from the Red Barn Arts Center in Rhyolite, Nevada, during the filming of In Relative Obscurity III. Photo by Holly Lay.

Latest Installment

Red Barn Arts Center in Rhyolite Nevada with Daniel Menche performing experimental sound at the doorway using handmade instrument
Daniel Menche performing at the Red Barn Arts Center during In Relative Obscurity III, Goldwell Open Air Museum, Rhyolite, Nevada.

IRO III: Stay Here


The third installment centers on collaboration, residency based process, and the transformation of recorded sessions into a broader body of sound and moving image work. Featuring documentation from Daniel Menche’s stay at Goldwell Open Air Museum’s Red Barn Arts Center in Rhyolite.


Previous Installments