Chandler Harris

Poet based in Austin, Texas.

His work centers on the construction of objects that serve as vessels for original song compositions. Each piece begins as a written text and is translated into sound, then embedded within a physical form. Through this process, the poem is carried simultaneously as language, music, and object.

Harris’s practice explores memory, authorship, and the persistence of voice beyond the body. His works are activated through listening, often requiring the viewer to engage directly with the piece in order to encounter the poem it contains.

By positioning sound within object-based forms, Harris reframes the song not as performance, but as a contained and repeatable presence—one that exists independently of the artist.