[silence] The Many Sounds of Silence at Gigantic ArtSpace [GAS] nyc

[Ralph Lichtensteiger]

just came in,

February 9, 2007
The Many Sounds of Silence
For as long as sound art has been a bona fide genre, silence has been  
an important medium. Countless avant garde composers have worked the  
'absence' of sound into their work, and today's artists have taken  
many a turn at responding to and initiating their own work of a  
similar vein. in The exhibition parenthetically title '[silence]' at  
New York's Gigantic Art Space, seventeen artists 'address the  
futility of the chase, the beauty of absence, and the rich potential  
of an empty signal.' The exhibition includes sculpture, installation,  
composition, works on paper, and time-based media, all of which was  
created in the last ten years, during which the show's organizers,  
Free103Point9, have operated as a transmission arts organization.  
Free103 supports artists whose works 'harness, occupy and respond to  
the airwaves that surround us.' In this case, those artists include  
Pablo Helguera, Pierre Huyghe, Tarikh Korula & Tianna Kennedy, LoVid,  
Douglas Repetto, Stephen Vitiello, a! nd other pioneers in this  
field. Their contributions are historically-informed, form-conscious,  
and manage to balance poetics, beauty, and action in a way that  
reveals the sonic richness of every experience. If one will forgive  
the analogy, the show is also a 'moment of silence' for Gigantic Art  
Space, who will close after this exhibition comes down. GAS's four  
years of exhibition programming were often marked by collaborations  
with musicians and sound artists, and this show seems a fitting  
requiem. - Marisa Olson

[silence]

Curated by Galen Joseph-Hunter and Dylan J. Gauthier

January 31 2007 - February 24 2007
OPENING RECEPTION: Wednesday, January 31, from 6-9pm.
Opening Night Performance: Matthew Burtner, Study 1.0 (feedback) for  
radio tranceiver, 7 pm and 8 pm

http://www.giganticartspace.com/current.html

Gigantic ArtSpace [GAS]
59 Franklin Street, Ground Floor
New York, NY 10013
USA

PH: 212.226.6762
FX: 212.226.6505

info@giganticartspace.com

best,

ralph li

http://www.lichtensteiger.de/diary.html
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