Sat 2/21 @ 1PM
Steve Parker is a Texas-based artist/musician whose bio says his work “creates sculptural ecosystems that transform spaces into large-scale collaborative performances.”
His immersive installation Fight Song which he created as artist-in-residence at SPACES opened there on February 13 and will be on view through April 18. Described as a participatory, evolving sound sculpture, it incorporates football, marching band traditions, and sonic therapy. Salvaged band instruments hang from the ceiling and gallery visitors can interact with an EEG brain monitor that translates brainwaves into live musical compositions that reflect the exhibit’s theme of injury, healing, and labor.
On alternate Saturdays, area performers will be in the gallery to activate the exhibit based on prompts from Parker. This week, to kick things off, that performer will be vocalist/electronics player/composer/author RA Washington, founder of the eclectic ensemble Mourning [A] BLKStar. It’s free but registration is required. Go here.
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