ARTIST TALK AND DEMONSTRATION Thursday, July 7, 2016, 6 to 8 PM Join the artist for a free opening reception! Talk and demonstration will begin at 7 PM. Artist Statement I like to make things that other people think are “cool”. I like other people to make things that I think are “cool”. I think […]
Kraut Kontrol by Trimpin
SPECIAL PREVIEW & ARTIST TALK Sunday, May 8, 5-7 PM Join the artist for a free opening reception! Talk and demonstration will begin at 6 PM. Trimpin will rebuild and install Kraut Kontrol, a unique sculptural instrument that has not been viewed since its premiere installation at the Orange County Museum of Art in 2001. […]
Bosky Jangle – Instruments by Bart Hopkin
ARTIST TALK AND DEMONSTRATION Thursday, March 3, 6-8 PM Join the artist for a free opening reception! Talk and demonstration will begin at 7 PM. Artist Statement Bosky Jangle is a foresty-feeling kinetic soundspace. In the past few years I’ve made several semi-self-playing instruments – musical instruments which, once set in motion, continue to sound […]
Oliver DiCicco – The Magnetic Series
Artist Talk and Demonstration Thursday, January 7, 6 – 8 PM OLIVER DICICCO ARTIST STATEMENT My work is about the intersections of disciplines. The point where music, sculpture, mechanics and engineering meet, is an intriguing place for me. I try to create pieces that work on these many levels. My interest in music and sound comes from my […]
Sudhu Tewari: Tune for Minimal Smoke II
Artist’s bio: Sudhu Tewari has been called a professional bricoleur, junkyard maven and young audio-gadgeteer. Sudhu builds electronic audio devices, electro-acoustic musical instruments, kinetic sculpture, interactive installations, wearable sound art, mechanical televisions, physical models of astrophysical phenomena, and sound sculpture. Highly educated at Mills College in electronic music, Tewari has been seen performing […]
Sung Kim: Failures, Prototypes, and Works In Progress
Artist Talk and Demonstration Thursday, October 1, 6 – 8 PM To open the Thingamajigs Festival (Oct. 1-2-3-4) Sung Kim (b. 1975) is an improvisor, sculptor, and instrument builder born in Seoul, Korea, and raised in Washington, D.C. In 1989, Kim studied ceramic sculpture at the Corcoran School of Art. It was at Corcoran that […]
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The Window Gallery presents the work of contemporary makers of unusual and newly invented musical instruments, including emerging artists as well as recognized pioneers. The emphasis is on originality in concept and design, recognizing the seminal role of the search for new sounds in the expansion of musical horizons. Equally essential to the exhibits are […]
New American Gamelan Instruments by Daniel Schmidt
Daniel Schmidt has built the instruments displayed in this installation over the last five years with the help of students and alumni from Mills College. The bonang (the aluminum discs that look like flying saucers) and the slenthem (the lower range metallophone with a soft attack and long sustain) have been built in the last […]
Visual Harmony: Contemporary Tuning Graphics
Most music in the western world uses a particular tuning system known as 12-Tone Equal Temperament. Over the last 200 years and more, this system has proven effective and extremely practical. But infinitely many other tuning systems are possible, and the argument can be made that some other systems reflect more naturally the way our […]