Davis Museum and Cultural Center
Something Like Fireworks. A New Installation by artist.
Sound artist and electronic musician Stephen Vitiello will create a new sound and light installation at the Davis Museum, in collaboration with lighting designer Jeremy Choate. Featuring his field in recordings from the Australian outback, the Canadian wilderness, and New York City's streets, Vitiello's soundtrack will move between the abstract and the recognizable, attuning us to the subtleties of ambient sound. In this piece, sound will be connected with light and color, creating an immersive synaesthetic experience. The lighting will be designed in sympathy with the audio, and the resulting combination will surround the visitor, altering our spatial perception.
The work of Stephen Vitiello ranges from mesmerizing soundscapes to installations, and includes collaborations with composers and visual artists. Most well-known for his World Trade Center Recordings, in which he created a sonic portrait of one of the towers through the use of contact microphones, Vitiello's recent work links sound with light and color to create an enveloping physical experience.
Opening February 24, 2010
Davis Museum
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