An immersive video work of minimalist seascapes by Dutch artist Johannes Bosgra will accompany the piece Dark Waves by John Luther Adams. The piece will be performed by pianists Vicky Ray and Joanne Pearce Martin of the LA Phil New Music Group on Saturday November 16th in the main hall of the beautiful Frank Gehry designed Walt Disney Concert Hall, part of LA Phil’s daylong Noon to Midnight: Field Recordings festival. The concert starts at 3.:30 PM. More information here.
Bosgra travelled around the world to the most desolate places to capture the essence of colors, forms and shapes of oceans and seas into minimalist seascapes. The seascapes are tuned exactly to the rhythm and character of Dark Waves, to immerse the viewer in sound and image.
The seascapes Bosgra created exist in the liminal space between abstraction and representation. Likewise, Dark Waves is one of John Luther Adams more abstract pieces, it’s like a total feeling of waves. It sculpts layer upon layer into expansive waves of sound. The waves crest together in a tsunami of sound that engulf you. The seascapes flow slowly into one another in the video projection, just like in John Luther Adams’ Dark Waves the groups of notes flow into one another, both in the piano’s and in the electronic music.
The LA Phil's new-music marathon includes 12 hours of live performances and art installations in every corner of Walt Disney Concert Hall. This year's festival, curated by Pulitzer-prize winning composer Ellen Reid, explores the intersections of art, technology, and nature through the theme of field recordings, the act of capturing audio in natural or built environments outside of a studio setting. Noon to Midnight: Field Recordings is an invitation to experience how sound changes us by participating in deeper forms of listening.
Noon to Midnight is among more than 70 exhibitions and programs presented as part of PST ART. PST ART: Art & Science Collide, the latest edition of this landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty.