10/11 MCA Denver+Sandback
I’m in Denver this week working with MCA Denver to create music to accompany their remarkable exhibit on Fred Sandback. The space is stunning. I’m having a great time developing these three projects with the MCA. My time has been spent making field recordings, drinking beer, trading ideas with the extraordinary staff at the MCA, and coming to a greater understanding of Denver. If anyone is around on Saturday, feel free to stop by and check out the installations and exhibit on Fred Sandback’s work.
everyone in a place, 2010
everyone in a place is a day-long, public-activated sound installation. All visitors will be issued a small bell to be worn as they move through the museum. This participatory installation works as a design pattern to document in real-time how architecture moves people through a space.
for vertical space (for fred sandback) 2011
With this day-long installation, a balloon becomes a loudspeaker. Tones and field recordings of Denver are sent to these floating, mobile speakers to create an incidental sound piece for the museum’s atrium. The balloons are raised and lowered throughout the day, exploring and revealing the acoustical properties of MCA Denver’s central space.
possible constellations (for amy sandback) 2011
Roger Green and Chris Kallmyer
Roger Green and Chris Kallmyer will perform a 20-minute composition with guitar, banjo and field recordings in one of MCA Denver’s galleries. All field recordings were made in Denver and capture the local sounds that permeate and define the city’s sonic identity. Green and Kallmyer collaborated to develop work that explores light and space, as well as to create a contemplative environment for viewing Fred Sandback’s work.