Fri 7/10 @ 8 – 10pm
It’s an unlikely situation. During Bounce This! at SPACES gallery, a hayride simulation gets turned into a percussive instrument. Have you ever been somewhere where a hayride simulator turns into a kickdrum? I’m guessing not, but you never know. Now’s your chance to be a part of it and say you’ve seen it.
Sounds cool but what exactly is going on here? During this evening of kinetic, frenetic music and art, local experimental musicians Bbob Drake and Chris Auerbach-Brown will transform father/son artist duo keegan & nick’s pneumatic device Hayride into a crazy instrument capable of launching projectiles. Really.
SPACES Executive Director Christina Vassallo further breaks it down: “Audience members can expect to see an art installation that was made to simulate a hayride turned into a percussive instrument played by two of Cleveland’s preeminent sound artists.
“Bbob Drake and Chris Auerbach-Brown will take liberties with keegan & nick’s pneumatic sculpture, Hayride, by loading it up with scrap metal, pots, pans, and other sorts of everyday objects, and activating it with a foot pedal. It will be an energetic way to close out keegan & nick’s exhibition, Bounce.”
She continues, “Hayride‘s air compressor will be hooked up to an extremely responsive foot pedal, so Auerbach-Brown and Bbob Drake will be able to play it like a kick drum. The objects they’ll load onto the artwork will bounce around–and off–the platform.”
Drake and Auerbach-Brown will take different approaches during the performance — covering everything from minimal “onkyokei” aesthetics to — as the website describes — aggressive walls of noise, to unpredictable rhythmic outbursts, everyday objects, electronics, saxophone, musical saw, keyboards, handmade musical instruments, and anything else lying about that can be thrown into the mix.
It’s a great way to send-off the interesting, playful exhibition Bounce.
According to Vassallo, “Bounce straddles the line between amusement and frustration. The artists pursue through this exhibition the cognitive shift that occurs while considering an artwork. That the artists were interested in experimenting with how their artwork is experienced really emphasizes their interest in this shift. “I hope our audience members experience SPACES as a place for the intersection of visual art with other forms of culture–in this case, experimental music and sound art.”
See CoolCleveland‘s video interview with Bounce father/son artist duo keegan & nick here. Then go and experience Bounce This! for yourself.
Cool Cleveland correspondent Sarah Valek studied art and writing at Ithaca College. After graduation, she came back to Cle and served two years as an AmeriCorps*VISTA with the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless. She can be found on all sides of the city in pursuit of homeschooling activities for her son and the perfect soy latte. Contact her at CoolEditor@CoolCleveland.com or via Twitter.