Julianne Swartz "Terrain"
Josee Bienvenu Gallery
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Josée Bienvenu Gallery presents Terrain, a sound installation by Julianne Swartz, originally commissioned by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2008. Concurrently, the Jewish Museum in New York is presenting The Sound of Light, a site-specific sound project also commissioned from the artist, on view through March 15.
In Terrain, twelve channels of sound move through a colorful web of wire and speakers to create a dynamic sonic landscape. Utilizing over a hundred speakers to emit hums and hushed whispers, the piece emanates sounds reminiscent of stormy weather, blowing leaves or a gentle wind. To make the soundtrack for the piece, Julianne Swartz asked thirty-eight volunteers to envision a loved one, and to speak into a microphone as though whispering in that person's ear. Swartz has woven these intimacies so that visitors will hear abstract affective tones, interspersed with discernible moments of conversation. The layering and merging of disparate voices and languages constructs an aural topography of human sentiment.
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Schedule
from February 12, 2009 to March 28, 2009
Opening Reception on 2009-02-12 from 18:00 to 20:00