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12/2/2008

Unmonumental: The Sound of Things

New Museum, New York

“Unmonumental” expands on February 13, 2008 with the opening of “The Sound of Things: Unmonumental Audio” featuring three programs of short audio collages by thirteen international artists with backgrounds in music, poetry, and visual art.

These audio collages will be played in the galleries at three-minute intervals. Bringing together elements of found and created sound with music and spoken word, the diverse selection of audio works juxtaposes and knits together disparate aural elements from inaudible whispers, lyric melodies, piercing noises, and industrial clatter to create a soundscape for the experience of living in an unmonumental world. Participating artists are:

Vito Acconci (with Sarina Basta and Daniel Perlin)
Anthony Burdin
Trisha Donnelly
Paul Elliman
Andy Graydon
Language Removal Services
Ulrike Müller
Nautical Almanac
Keith Obadike
Pauline Oliveros
Susan Philipsz
Seth Price
Stefan Tcherepnin

“The Sound of Things: Unmonumental Audio” is organized by Lauren Cornell, Director, Rhizome, in collaboration with New Museum curators Massimiliano Gioni, Director of Special Exhibitions; and Laura Hoptman, Kraus Family Senior Curator.

"The Sound of Things: Unmonumental Audio" will be accompanied by a compact disc of the works in the show.

Nautical Almanac is an experimental band that was founded in Michigan in 1994 by Carly Ptak and Twig Harper. They emerged from a Midwestern scene of noise outfits that transformed junk-from alarm clocks to toys-into homemade instruments. Ominous and intense, their music is made of driving rhythms that seem to move in several directions at once. This live set will be accompanied by a light and video show driven by a biofeedback machine that captures and interprets the performers' brain waves. Ptak and Harper live in Baltimore, where they founded Tarantula Hill, a home, performance space, and recording studio, which is also the headquarters of their label Heresee.

Stefan Tcherepnin is a New York-based composer and performer whose work incorporates elements of noise, indeterminacy, and improvisation, as well as aspects of traditional composition. Tcherepnin writes that he "thought of how (avant-garde composer) David Tudor would leave the radios and televisions on in his apartment while he was practicing piano," while he was composing Sweeping Noise, a piece that joins classical piano composition with the sound of static. A layered work produced by an old Steinway piano whose amplified sound is modulated with high- and low-pass filtered noise, Sweeping Noise, interlaces disparate frequencies into an elegant composition. A version of the piece was performed originally at Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York.

*This event is free, but tickets are required. Please request a ticket for this event in person at the Visitor Desk the day of the event. Advance reservations are not available.

Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008 7:30 PM

New Museum
235 Bowery, New York
General Admission: $12

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