"Sonic Meditation for Solo Performer" Performances
TICKETS ARE ONLY REQUIRED FOR PERFORMANCES AND RECEPTIONS! ALL OTHER VISITING HOURS DO NOT REQUIRE TICKETS.
"Sonic Meditation for Solo Performer"
Steve Parker
April 13th - May 6th
On view during Fusebox Festival:
Thursday & Friday, April 13th & 14th, 7-9pm
Art Cruise: Saturday, April 15th, 2-4pm
Reception and Performances featuring the UTSA Marching Band: Saturday, April 15th, 7-11pm (tickets required)
On view after Fusebox through May 6th
Open Hours: Saturdays, 12-6pm
Performances: Saturdays, 7-9pm (tickets required)
April 22nd: Michael Anthony Garcia
April 29th: Alexa Capareda
May 6th: Pamela Martinez
"Sonic Meditation for Solo Performer" reimagines the college marching band as a tool for sonic meditation. The project examines themes of healing, injury, and labor in NCAA football, drawing from legacies of sonic therapy, including 12th c. abbess Hildegard von Bingen’s liturgical songs, Pauline Oliveros’ Deep Listening practice, Anthony Braxton’s radical marching bands, and Guadalupe Maravilla’s Disease Thrower sculptures.
The installation works as an immersive musical composition featuring an ecosystem of automated sonic sculptures made from salvaged marching band instruments. The installation is activated by a viewer or performer wearing an EEG headset. As the participant realizes the text score, the EEG device measures and transmits electrical brain activity. The data generated by the participants' brain waves are translated in real-time to realize a multi-channel composition played by the instruments.
This project was generously supported by the Music Academy of the West Alumni Enterprise Award, the Mid-America Arts Alliance, and the Art League Houston.