Alquimia Rítmica/Rhythmic Alchemy
December 31 - January 29,2021
Note: This exhibition is online-only. To view this exhibition, go here. "An online sound art exhibition.
A raindrop alone makes a *plop*, but within a storm, one can hear the moment where sound becomes rhythm. We spend time discovering, creating and manipulating noises to express emotions from happiness to grief and everything in between. The body can play and be used as a musical tool. You can yell, clap your hands, stomp your feet, bang a desk, pick away at an instrument, sample and transform any sound through a cacophony of filters. Noise can be therapy.
Through the work of artists Eleanor Moore (Dr. Evilletown), Gustavo Obligado, Hiba Ali, Jessica Fuquay, Jorge Luis Pablo Tantavilca, Lucy Maude, Marlon Hedrick, Luciano Piccilli, and Pedro Carneiro Silva the show will manifest itself in what we call a ‘Joy Ride Mixtape’. The audience will get the option to experience the work through a digital playlist or they will be free to download the soundworks and burn it to a CD, download to a digital player, or even dub cassettes. We encourage listeners to take walks, take a drive, ride a bike and let the sound perform alchemy as they move through space.
'Alquimia Rítmica/Rhythmic Alchemy' Artists: Eleanor Moore (Dr. Evilletown), Gustavo Obligado, Hiba Ali, Jessica Fuquay, Jorge Luis Pablo Tantavilca, Lucy Maude, Marlon Hedrick, Luciano Piccilli, and Pedro Carneiro Silva
Curator Bio: Vladimir Mejia
Vladimir Mejia was born in 1992 in New York City. He received his B.F.A. in Studio Art from the University of Texas in 2014 and continues to reside in Austin. Vladimir is a multi-discipline artist who works in Installation, Sculpture, Photography, Performance Art, Printmaking and Digital Media as well as the current curator of Co-Lab Projects’ Instagram residency #bitres and a member of the art collectives Ink Tank and rossie dustin. His work while rooted in conceptual art attempts to incorporate elements which make his pieces relatable to both audiences versed in art history and those who may be unfamiliar with it. Using interaction, humor, abstraction and writing to tackle politics, race relations, generational divides and the ever-evolving relationship between people and technology."
Alquimia Rítmica/Rhythmic Alchemy comisariada por Ruido/Noise y el curador Vladimir Mejia Una gota de lluvia por sí sola hace un *ploc* pero dentro de una tormenta puedes apreciar el momento en que el sonido se convierte en ritmo. Muchos pasan su tiempo descubriendo, creando y manipulando ruidos para expresar emociones, como la felicidad, pero también liberarse de sentimientos como el dolor y la ira. El cuerpo se puede usar como un instrumento musical. Puedes gritar, aplaudir, zapatear, golpear un escritorio, tocar un instrumento, tomar muestras o transformar los sonidos a través de una cacofonía de filtros. El ruido puede ser una terapia.
A través del trabajo de los artistas Eleanor Moore (Dr. Evilletown), Gustavo Obligado, Hiba Ali, Jessica Fuquay, Jorge Luis Pablo Tantavilca, Lucy Maude, Marlon Hedrick, Luciano Piccilli y Pedro Carneiro Silva, el espectáculo se manifestará en lo que llamamos un 'Joy Ride Mixtape'. El público tendrá la opción de experimentar el trabajo a través de una lista de reproducción digital o podrá descargar el trabajo sonoro y grabarlo en un CD, descargarlo en un reproductor digital o incluso copiar casetes. Alentamos a los oyentes a caminar, conducir, andar en bicicleta y dejar que el sonido realice una alquimia mientras se mueven por el espacio.
