Composer and Sound Artist in Residence at the Northeastern Center for the Arts, Beau Kenyon, presents his current work the SOUND, a 3-movement interdisciplinary sound, sculpture, and movement installation located in seven Boston neighborhoods (August – November 2018). This complex work explores how interdisciplinary and cross-organizational collaboration can inform the structure and content of his art practice while generating connections between artists, organizations, and members of the community. Please join Kenyon for a discussion of process, form, and collaboration through the lens of this most recent work.
About the SOUND: Calling upon the tree as a metaphor for family identity and water as a symbol for migration and connection, the SOUND explores the perspectives of young adult immigrants in a three-movement piece {if trees were water, from roots grew branches, and of hope extending}. Each movement, taking the form of an interdisciplinary installation of sound, sculpture, and movement, works together to convey a single story of family, hope, and success and is installed in seven of the city’s neighborhoods: Back Bay, Chinatown, Dorchester, Fenway, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, and West Roxbury.
This performance was created through a Creative City grant from NEFA, a grant that enables artists to create new projects for the public realm through civic engagement with residents of Boston, in collaboration with the exhibition Fog x FLO: Fujiko Nakaya on the Emerald Necklace.
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