Topic: RCGA provides transmitters for New York exhibit
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RCGA provides transmitters for New York exhibit Posted on: 06/03/09 at 12:15:14 PST
RCGA Fundraising exclusively provided a series of radio transmitters used in The Sound Of Light exhibit at New York's The Jewish Museum, which ran from December 21, 2008 through March 15, 2009 on the 3rd and 4th floors of the internationally famous museum. The transmitters provided the sound experience as they guided visitors through the exhibition locations. The proceeds from the transmitters provided general financial support for the Academy.
The exhibition will reopen in Boston in 2010.
From The Jewish Museum web site:
The Jewish Museum's biennial exhibition The Hanukkah Project celebrates Hanukkah with works of art by leading contemporary artists. The Sound of Light is an interactive installation by Julianne Swartz that guides visitors with sound through the museum's permanent exhibition Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey. This site-specific work on the third and fourth floors is inspired by the Hanukkah story and the miracle of light.
In the Eleanor and Marvin S. Winter Lobby on the fourth floor, visitors will encounter a collection of Receivers designed by Ms. Swartz. Visitors are encouraged to follow the Sound of Light instructions: Hold the Receiver and let it lead you. As visitors walk through the permanent exhibition and encounter certain displays and spaces, their Receivers will resonate with familiar and unfamiliar sounds. Eight different sites, distinguished by wall labels, describe an attribute or description of light and darkness. Experienced together, the sound and text create a poetic connection to the objects on view.
The Sound of Light illustrates Julianne Swartz's ability to transform public spaces into ephemeral environments through evocative sounds and interactive objects. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Tate Liverpool, Aldrich Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, New Museum of Contemporary Art, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, and Sculpture Center, New York . She is currently on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts and Bard College, and lives and works in Kingston, New York.
The Sound of Light is on view Sunday through Thursday.
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