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So much music is implied by the visual artsthat it's no wonder cutting-edge installations include an essential musical element composed or compiled from preexisting pieces for the occasion.
Audiences are galvanized by the special-event status. Museums and musicians find audiences that don't typically come their way. Is this a brave new niche in the performance world?
We're not talking about the Philadelphia Museum of Art's "Art After 5" concert series. Or music that's a last-minute accompaniment to something that's pretty much finished. Conceptually, this recent wrinkle crosses a few extra bridges: The three near-daily performances of David Lang's Lifespan at the Philadelphia's Fabric Workshop and Museum through April 4 have three singers from the Crossing choir breathing and whistling to a four billion-year-old rock that's said to predate life of any sort.
More expansive in scope is New York City's forward-looking Park Avenue Armory, where pianist Helene Grimaud, typically a concerto soloist at the Kimmel and Mann centers, played near-daily hour-long solo recitals amid water in a flooded drill hall, with all manner of meditative lighting effects. Conceived by visual artist Douglas Gordon and Grimaud over two years, tears become . . . streams become . . . is on display at the Armory through Jan. 4 (sans Grimaud, who has been replaced by a player piano with moving keys but no sound).
If nothing else, installations address the challenge of translating serious music events to the visual age. The San Francisco Symphony's recently opened SoundBox venue is equipped with atmospheric effects that can accommodate installation artists in a high-concept nightclubbish atmosphere. The Kimmel Center's SEI Innovation Studio, which just hosted an immersive performance of Terry Riley's In C with artwork projected onto the walls, is headed in similar, medium-fusing directions.
The biggest barrier is going down the rabbit hole with the conceptual artist.
Classical-music audiences are used to having everything spelled out for them, often while renewing their acquaintance with Beethoven symphonies or hearing new works with roots in the past. But if gallery-goers are asked to apprehend something so obvious, the artist is laughed out of the room. Installations are environments where individual components don't add up - in an experience that may be too personal to articulate. This is an inner journey without a designated destination.
It's a hugely different playing field. At the Fabric Workshop and Museum (where an audience of 20 is considered large), are those who giggle at the singers missing the point? Or seeing the situation in the cold light of day? At the Armory, those who paid $90 a ticket only to hear an extremely attractive but one-hour Grimaud recital - taking place in a very large puddle - may leave disappointed.
At the Grimaud performance I caught recently, I had to give up any sense of what comes next. The first half-hour at the Park Avenue Armory was spent watching water bubble up from holes in the floor in various evocative shapes, but at such a gradual pace that I felt under-stimulated. Grimaud, who made her way to the piano wearing Doc Martens, performed a preset program, but with unfamiliar works such as Luciano Berio's Wasser Klavier and Toru Takemitsu's Rain Tree Sketch II, you didn't always know whether she was playing the music in its preestablished order, or when one piece stopped and another began. I loved that.
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Beneath hundreds of sarimanok cascading from the ceiling of the Cultural Center of the Philippines' Main Theater, the remains of sculptor and painter Abdulmari Asia Imao lay in state Sunday for the traditional state necrological service and tributes accorded to the country's National Artists.
Imao, who died on December 16, would have turned 79 on January 14.
Then-President Gloria M. Arroyo conferred the title of National Artist for Visual Arts on Imao on June 9, 2006, calling him an articulator of Philippine Muslim art and culture and a versatile and prolific Muslim-Filipino artist.
After the understatedly elegant but colorful rites, marked by Muslim accents and performances at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo, Imao was interred at the Libingan ng mga Bayani at noon.
First Muslim National Artist
During the Pagdadalamhati ng Bayan at CCP, Imaos eldest son Toym de Leon Imao said his father was "a messenger of change."
His recognition as the first Moro national artist acknowledges not only his body of work, but also the idea that art is a significant and necessary component in the quest to bring understanding and lasting peace with our Muslim brothers and sisters, Toym said.
What my father has set out to accomplish, wehis family, my brothers, grandchildren, and many artists from Mindanao whom he had profoundly inspiredhope to achieve. My fathers visual journey about a land that is blessed in diversity and richness like the colors of the rainbow, like the wings of the sarimanok, will continue, he added.
Among those who delivered eulogies was Sen. Grace Poe, a family friend of the Imaos and a collector of the paintings by the late national artist.
The walls of my house are adorned with paintings by Mr. Imao. It brings so much joy and happiness to my children whenever they look at the colorful creations of Mr. Imao, she said.
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Jorge Pardo was born in Cuba in 1963. He moved to the U.S. when he was 6 and didnt visit Cuba for 43 years, when his work was included in the 2012 Havana Biennial. That installation, titled Dads Cuba, has been reinstalled at 1301PE. Its vintage Pardo: casually magnificent.
In Cuba, Dads Cuba was not installed all at once. As its star-shaped wood panels were mechanically routed and then painted by hand, they were hung, one after another. Fitting together like puzzle pieces, they eventually filled a gallery at the Wifredo Lam Center.
Then Pardo added lamps. Like his interlocking starburst paintings, which functioned as heavy-duty, reusable wallpaper, his lamps combined sculptural beauty and utilitarian illumination.
In Los Angeles, Pardo has reversed the installation process. When the show opened in November, 31 lamps hung from the ceiling, their colorful fabric skins casting a rusty golden glow in the gallery.
This week, the wall works are scheduled to go up, one at a time, until the walls are covered. The installation wont be finished until the show closes in January, when a party will be thrown.
Thats also vintage Pardo. Emphasizing arts roots in everyday pleasures, he treats his works into backdrops for social occasions where friends and strangers might meet up and enjoy what Oscar Wilde described as arts true purpose: civilized discourse (otherwise known as friendly conversation).
1301PE, 6150 Wilshire Blvd., (323) 938-5822, through Jan. 17. Closed Sundays and Mondays. http://www.1301PE.com
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Earlier this year, Jakub Hadrava, a third-year student of sculpture at the University of West Bohemia, made international headlines with an unusual installation at St. Georges church, a dominant but dilapidated site located in Lukova in the picturesque Plze countryside. Consisting of more than a dozen life-sized ghostly figures which the artist seated in the churchs pews. The work became a focal point for tourists from as close by as Germany and far off as Brazil.
Photo: Czech Television Not long ago, I spoke to the artist, asking him how the project came together:
The idea came together in Professor Ji Berneks atelier at the Ladislav Sutnar Department of Design and Fine Arts at the University of West Bohemia. Everyone in the class was to find a suitable but dilapidated church for their own installation, with the aim of also trying to raise funds for the Plze Diocese to use for renovation. Basically, it was my Bachelors work. Some locations that my colleagues went with had only the foundations or a few walls. We are all studying Landscape art, so my colleagues work was more abstract. One work reflected the stations of the cross, another replaced missing windows.
St. Georges church in Lukova, dating back to the 14th century, was in better shape, with a damaged roof but still functional interior. The church, has what Czechs call a bent history through the centuries, suffering fire and sacking, then falling into disrepair and disuse for decades after the 1960s, after part of the ceiling collapsed during a funeral. Petr Koukl is a local resident who helped artist Jakub Hadrava with the project.
Jakub Hadrava, photo: Czech Television Theres no question the 14th century church has seen a lot: it suffered several fires, it was allegedly damaged by the Husittes, it was rebuilt several times. The last straw, though, was the collapse of part of the ceiling during a funeral service in 1968 which chased the mourners out. After that the church was closed and not reopened again.
The years which followed were not kind to St. Georges, either; Petr Koukl again:
Everything was broken or stolen. Paintings and statues were lost, the church bell was stolen, the church organ was damaged, the tower clock and mechanism are gone. Everything went missing. The communist regime certainly had no love for religion so this was hardly the only site allowed to fall into disrepair.
Koukl, who originally bought property in Lukova for a summer home, became intrigued when he heard there was chance the church might be repaired. He agreed to make sure the church was accessible to visitors in the summer and autumn months, after the sculptures were installed.
St. Georges church in Lukov, photo: Zdeka Bukov, CC BY-SA 4.0) Its true the church in Lukova attracted an enormous amount of attention: we had visitors from other parts of the Czech Republic but also from abroad: Germany, England, Australia, Brazil, Russia. The installation and church has proven to be very popular with photographers. You could say that this project kickstarted an interest in saving dilapidated churches in the area.
As for the ghostly figures themselves? Creator Jakub Hadrava told me how they were produced.
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Port Hueneme, CA (PRWEB) December 17, 2014
Award winning, Ventura, CA based Information Technology services provider VSolvit (pronounced We Solve it) signed a Navy Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) to accelerate the development of an innovative cyber security concept, a first for NSWC PHD. The agreement, which involves VSolvits Cyber Intelligent Assessment Risk Management Systems (Ci-ARMS), was jointly signed by CAPT Eric Ver Hage, NSWC PHDs commanding officer and Michael Poole, VSolvits Director of West Coast Operations December 1, 2014. The VSolvit team is delighted and looking forward to working with NSWC PHD to further our combined capabilities in Cybersecurity Risk Assessment and support our warfighter. This CRADA represents an important extension of our capabilities beyond the historical excellence in Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, and GIS application development. Payal Kamdar, our CEO sends her thanks to NSWC PHD, CAPT Ver Hage and Greg Wakatsuki for bringing this CRADA to fruition. said Poole.
A CRADA is an agreement between one or more Federal Labs and one or more non-Federal parties to conduct mutually beneficial research and development to create products that benefit the government, in this case the Fleet. Ver Hage shared his enthusiasm about the event, The signing of this CRADA has the power to transform our organization. Im confident that the positives that come out of this agreement will benefit the warfighter, NSWC PHD and our sponsors. This CRADA allows us to be innovative and collaborative and offers an opportunity to grow the local economy. With this agreement, were not going to our sponsors for funding but rather were pursuing a solution that will strengthen our brand.
As an outgrowth of our mission to facilitate technology transfers with third parties, the signing of this CRADA with VSolvit is memorable. With a CRADA, we have the unique ability to collaborate with outside companies in the research and development of a product and then we let the Navy test drive the new product to determine whether or not it meets the demanding needs of the Fleet. said Greg Wakatsuki, NSWC PHDs Office of Research and Technology Applications.
As a result of its successful history working with NSWC PHD, VSolvit was chosen as a cooperative research partner to assist in developing a cyber intelligence assessment system that would help the Navy assess cyber vulnerabilities aboard ships. With ever increasing cyber security threats to defense systems, the military has taken a proactive approach to tackle these challenges. The purpose of this CRADA reinforces VADM William H. Hilarides, NAVSEA commanders focus on improving cybersecurity across the Fleet. Combining the resources of VSolvit and NSWC PHD will allow us to move more quickly into concept development and feasibility to determine if a jointly developed product can determine if a ship has cyber vulnerabilities and how to resolve them, Wakatsuki said. This type of collaboration has the ability to provide a dramatically improved level of cyber assessment and risk management.
The objective of Ci-ARMS is to integrate existing cyber security sensors and related cyber security operational processes into an end-to-end enterprise system.Ci-ARMS provides a holistic view of infrastructures, data centers, networks, and systems (combined assets) by leveraging existing security sensor systems.
About NSWC PD- NSWC Port Hueneme Division is a field activity of Naval Sea Systems command and provides the United states Navy global fleet with weapon system in-service engineering, logistics,and test and evaluation. NSWC Port Hueneme is located at naval Base ventura county, Calif., where it employs more than 1,900 personnel.
About VSolvit- VSolvit (pronounced: "We.Solve.it") is an award-winning SBA certified 8(a)/Small Disadvantaged Business, HUBZone, and 8(m)/Economically Disadvantaged Woman owned, technology services provider that specializes in Cybersecurity, Business Intelligence (BI) systems, Data Warehousing (DW), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Custom Application Development, Health Analytics, Engineering Services and Project/Program Management.
VSolvits customer list includes the Department of Defense (DOD), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and multiple commercial organizations. VSolvit has been selected to support high profile initiatives including launched application from The White House, and has been recognized for its innovation and outstanding delivery. VSolvit has grown from a 2 person company (2006) to over 200 people, contributing to the local economy without outsourcing a single job. Some of the awards/key milestones include:
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James Turrell in front of Roden Crater in the Arizona desert. With the help of astronomers, the artist turned the crater into a naked-eye observatory. Photograph: Florian Holzherr
Its normal to get a little teary in there, James Turrell reassures me as I sign a waiver before lying down on a bed that slides into a sphere that looks like a cross between an MRI scanner and a UFO. Youre also agreeing to give me a good review when you sign that too, jokes the American artist.
The waiver confirms that I dont have epilepsy, a pacemaker or claustrophobia his 2010 artwork Bindu Shards could potentially trigger any of these things. Im in a tight, enclosed space and there are bright, pulsating lights making me lose not just my sense of depth, but any idea of whether my eyes are open or closed.
It would be easy to describe the cell as a light show, but its far more than that. The real show is happening inside my head. It doesnt actually change, its your perception that changes, says Turrell. This is behind-the-eye seeing. All those things you see there are not projected on that dome theres nothing there at all.
Part of his Perceptual Cells series, Bindu Shards is one of the major works that make up the Turrell retrospective at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. While intense, the cell is designed to induce the state of mind that occurs in the early stages of meditation the sort of drifting off sensation that happens when you gaze into a fireplace.
One of things Ive always been interested in is the theta state, says Turrell. Thats thinking, but not thinking in words. The alpha state and theta state occur naturally on the path to rest and sleep, he explains, and the light and sound in the cell prompts the brainwave entrainment that makes that happen.
While all this may sound a bit bizarre, Turrell has a wealth of knowledge to back up his work, including a degree in perceptual psychology and another in mathematics. But while his art revolves around various scientific concepts, he does not have the same intent as a scientist. I know that science is very interested in answers, and Im just happy with a good question, he says.
Turrell is also a trained pilot and the influence of flying can be felt in several of his works that induce a sensation of floating in space. It was while flying his plane over the Arizona desert that he spotted Roden Crater, an inactive volcano that has become the centre of his lifetimes work. With the help of astronomers, he turned the crater into a naked-eye observatory, with tunnels connecting various other installation spaces. Still a work in progress, the crater is a much sought-after experience open only to friends and special guests of the artist.
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NORTH ADAMS -- Lee Boroson creates landscapes of thin air. His work is more about fog and smoke, water and fire than mountain vistas, urban views or pastoral scenery.
His new four-part installation at Mass MoCA, "Plastic Fantastic," gives shape to these elemental forces through a combination of translucent draperies, sheer plastic, cascading spheres, fabric inflatables and lava-lamp lookalikes.
Combined, the Brooklyn-based artist said they offer a multisensory experience of being outdoors while also referring to the installation's architectural, cultural and environmental setting.
"The tradition of landscape [art] gives you everything all assembled for you," he said in an interview last week. "This is a more direct [and serial] experience of nature, like hiking a trail."
Visitors entering the museum's massive Gallery 5 will first encounter "Moisture Content," a galaxy of suspended, honeycomb-surfaced, white globes, fronting a circular maze of sheer and translucent hanging curtains meant to suggest a disorienting fog.
Emerging from that maze, they move on to "Deep Current," a Niagara Falls-inspired, periodic cascade of white-and-silver spheres falling from the ceiling into the center of a railed viewing platform.
Despite its history of industrial uses to generate electricity, fallen rock removal and nightly light shows to sustain tourism, the falls is still considered a prime natural site, Boroson said.
Those kinds of associations, architectural and historical, are often calculated into Boroson's work, although he says viewers needn't be aware of them to appreciate his art.
"I don't feel that strong about a specific takeaway," he said.
The two final episodes of the installation are similarly based on "natural" models, but ones that carry violent and dangerous associations.
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