It’s that spirit of inspiration and generation across the visual and the sonic that we wanted to celebrate with Soundwaves. Over the last decade, it’s been the site of a lot of experimental music, dance, and performance that has been extremely generative in nature. One unique feature of the Rice Skyspace is its embedded speaker system and its colocation with the Shepherd School of Music. ” Photo by Nash Baker Caitlin Duerler Chávez (CDC): How does Soundwaves: Experimental Strategies in Art and Music commemorate five years of the Moody?Īlison Weaver (AW): Soundwaves is inspired both by the mission of the Moody, which is to foster interdisciplinary conversation through the arts, and also by the tenth anniversary of the James Turrell’s Twilight Epiphany Skyspace (2012), which is one of our premier works of public art here at Rice. In a few words, we discuss the Moody’s anniversary and how the newly opened show acknowledges the arts center’s mission to provide a generative space for artists and thinkers operating at the intersection of the visual and sonic. This year, to mark their fifth anniversary, Alison Weaver, the Suzanne Deal Booth Executive Director of the Moody, has mounted the interdisciplinary exhibition Soundwaves: Experimental Strategies in Art and Music. We hope that these works will have that same ripple effect on viewers to think differently, or disturb conventional notions, or excite new ideas.”įive years ago, Rice University in Houston inaugurated the Moody Center for the Arts, a multifunctional space that has built a reputation for robust visual and performing arts programming. A sound wave is a pattern of disturbance caused by the movement of energy as it travels outward from the source. “…and that’s why I selected the title Soundwaves. Courtesy of the Moody Center for the Arts. Where: Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino, 1506 W.Alison Weaver, Suzanne Deal Booth Executive Director, Moody Center for the Arts. The 12-piece collection features several new works each constructed in the strategic cutting and mixing method, which has served as Sparagana’s foundation over the past 20 years. John Sparagana: Splendid Isolation (Forces at Work)Ĭontemporary artist John Sparagana’s second solo exhibition, “Splendid Isolation (Forces at Work)” at Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino was designed by Reto Geiser, Rice University School of Architecture associate professor and director of undergraduate studies and founding principal of design practice MG&Co. Where: Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University 6100 Main Streetĭetails: free 713-348-ARTS, ĥ. The collective efforts of 12 artists aim to explore the intersection between sound and visual art by incorporating sculpture, audio, video, painting and performances. Moody Center for the Arts celebrates its fifth year with free, public reception for “Soundwaves: Experiments in Art + Music.” The exhibition incorporates sculpture, audio, video, painting and performances mixed with both visual and acoustic elements. Where: Moody Center, Room 205, Rice UniversityĤ. He’ll read from the book and discuss his life in music this week. His new book is “Good night the pleasure was ours,” which compresses his 30-plus years of making music into a lengthy poem. He remains active as a musician, but has also written extensively and lectured about music. Saturdays through March 12ĭavid Grubbs has made more than a dozen recordings of experimental music both under his own name and with Jim O’Rourke in the much-loved Gastr del Sol. His new collection is titled “My Father’s Desk,” and it opens this weekend. The ominously muted colors of dusk permeate the work of Dan Sutherland, who populates his canvases with surprising figures comprising sharp angular exteriors that resemble some alien entity floating through space. Where: Nicole Longnecker Gallery, 440 Greengrass “Set the Woods on Fire” puts several of his most recent works on display. His chosen iconography is simple and deep, with images that resonate with an artist raised along the border between two nations and two cultures. The El Paso native carves images into birch plywood before adding layers of oil paint to his works, which mix the intricate lines of wood carving with the radiant colors found on canvas. Richard "Ricky" Armendariz has found an intriguing process for finding visual depth in his work. Photo: Sarah Morris and Petzel, New York / Sarah Morris and Petzel, New York "Precious Stones (Sound Graphs)" by Sarah Morris is part of "Soundwaves: Experiments in Art + Music" which opens on Jan.
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