September 2013
SONIC VIGNETTES
SCULPTURES BY IAN SCHNELLER
WITH MUSIC BY ANDREW BIRD FROM THE SONIC ARBORETUM
Elgin Arts Center
September 24, 2013
5:00 – 7:30 pm
This co-mingling of 1940s tube technology with modern digital components creates an aural and visual installation that can only be experienced on location. The exhibit will be controlled by Ian’s newest creation, the Nano-Sync Apparatus, which when activated will simultaneously start all 10 iPod Nanos. Ian and his team will be demonstrating the Nano-Sync Apparatus at the opening reception.
This exhibit will include a unique sound installation of horn speakers, tube amplifiers, and spinning Aerosel sculptures. The horn speakers are powered by tube amplifiers that are connected to ten Apple iPod Nanos containing the entire musical score Andrew Bird composed exclusively for the Sonic Arboretum.
For those of you who missed the 2011 Sonic Arboretum exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, this is a rare opportunity to see Ian’s special sonic installation and to hear compositions by Andrew Bird that are unavailable anywhere else.
The exhibit runs September 24 – October 29, 2013 at Elgin Community College Art Center in Elgin, Illinois.
