Sat 4/18 @ 1-1:30PM
Steve Parker is a Texas-based artist/musician whose bio says his work “creates sculptural ecosystems that transform spaces into large-scale collaborative performances.”
The immersive installation Fight Song he created as artist-in-residence at SPACES opened there in February. He has a previous connection to Northeast Ohio: he has a degree from Oberlin College.) The exhibit is described as a participatory, evolving sound sculpture that 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. Material providing background for the show is on view in an adjoining gallery.
Throughout its run, on alternate Saturdays area, performers have been in the gallery to activate the exhibit based on prompts from Parker. The final artist to appear on the show’s final day is noted Cleveland performance poet, educator and 2019 Cleveland Arts Prize winner Kisha Nicole Foster.
It’s free but registration is required. Go here.