THE SOUND OF SHADOWS:
PETER VOGEL
EXHIBITION and SYMPOSIUM
Open to Public Oct 17 – Nov 7 2011 Mon- Fri
12-8pm
Faculty of Arts Gallery Grand Parade University of Brighton
SYMPOSIUM Fri Oct 14th 2011
Time 2-5pm
Private View Fri
Oct 14th 2011
Time 5-7pm
The first dedicated UK retrospective of renowned European artist, Peter
Vogel opens at the University of Brighton, UK, in October. Curated jointly by Conall
Gleeson and Jean Martin, the exhibition explores the subject of sound in
gallery spaces through Vogel's interactive sound objects.
The
exhibition features a significant number of VogelŐs important works including
the two innovative and interactive large-scale works, the Sound Wall and the Shadow Orchestra. These
will form the core of the exhibition that will also include smaller sound and
light kinetic sculptures.
Peter VogelŐs works are difficult to
categorise, they demonstrate a breakdown of the boundaries across practices
within fine art and performance traditions and question established
relationships between sculpture and sound, seeing and hearing, the static and
the live, as well as challenging the place of sound within the historiography
of gallery spaces. They refuse to align with any single artistic
movement yet resonate with the aims of so many.
Drawing on the artistic values of
the 20th century as much as prefiguring the emerging concerns of the 21st, Dr
Nye Parry writes that Vogel's "pieces combine the open form sensibilities
of interactive multimedia with an almost classical visual aesthetic that
emphasises clean lines, balanced forms and delicate structures. They ask new
questions about the relationship between the spectator and the aesthetic object
that bring it right up to date with contemporary artistic and philosophical
enquiry. Vogel emphasises the importance of the perception of time in his work
and the use of sound and light to articulate this using his skill as a circuit
designer to create beautiful soundmachines that respond to the movements of
gallery visitors".
A DVD
documentary directed by the exhibition curators accompanies the exhibition. It
explores VogelŐs work in the context of contemporary sound art practices and
features interviews and discussions with, the artist and writer David Toop; the
Berlin based Professor Helga de la Motte who established sound art as an
academic research field in Germany and Matthias Osterwold, curator of the
Sonambiente Festival 1996 in Berlin, and who is now artistic director of the
Maerz Music Festival in Berlin.
Curators: Jean Martin and Conall Gleeson, Faculty
of Arts, University of Brighton
Symposium
The Performativity of Sound, Sculpture
and Space
Fri Oct 14th 2011, 2-5pm
Sallis Benney Theatre, Faculty of Arts, Grand
Parade, University of Brighton
The Sound
of Shadows: Peter Vogel Exhibition is preceded by a symposium which draws upon
issues relating to the body, sound and space. Talks from leading artists and
academics in the fields of sound art and sculpture will present a
contextualised framework in which to engage and reflect upon relations between
sound and space, the object and the spectator, the tangible and the ephemeral in
the works of Peter Vogel as well as across the multivaried practices within the
field of sound art.
Guest speakers include sound artist Derek Shiel and Max Eastley, Dr. Nye Parry, Dr. Kersten Glandien and artist, curator and writer David Toop.
The
symposium is presented by the Applied Performance Practice Research Institute
(APPRI) at the University of Brighton in association with The Sound of Shadows
Peter Vogel Exhibition and The Faculty of Arts, Sounding Out the Museum
Research Group.
Admission:
Open to public
Curators: Jean
Martin and Conall Gleeson, Faculty of Arts, University of Brighton
See also Peter Vogel perform the Sound Wall
Contact Details
Sallis Benney Theatre & University of Brighton
Gallery
Joe Mansfield
Event Supervisor
University of Brighton, Grand Parade, Brighton, BN2 0JY
phone: 01273 643892 / ext. 3892
email: j.mansfield@brighton.ac.uk
web: http://arts.brighton.ac.uk
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Curators
Jean
Martin
Senior Lecturer
Digital Music & Sound Arts
Grand Parade
University of Brighton
BN2 0JY
Email jm119@brighton.ac.uk
http://artsresearch.brighton.ac.uk/research/academic/martin
www.soundbasis.eu
Conall Gleeson
Academic
Programme Leader
Performance and Visual Art
Music and Visual Art
Faculty of Arts
Grand Parade
University of Brighton
BN2 0JY
Email c.gleeson@brighton.ac.uk