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NEW EAR::SPATIAL
169 Bowery
New York, NY
Sunday, December 7, 2015 at at 8:00p
Featured Artists: Ivy Fu, Micah Silver, Laura Splan
"A Guided Sublimation (Movements)” has a running time of 20 minutes.
The soundscape from “A Guided Sublimation (Movements)” will premiere at New Ear :: Spatial in conjunction with the release of a limited-edition double vinyl and print box set.
Laura Splan’s “Movements” features an ethereal octophonic soundscape with hypnotic projections from her immersive planetarium show “A Guided Sublimation”. This hypnotic journey from the perspective of molecular entities evokes the interconnectedness of realms defined by permeable boundaries. Part of an expansive art practice combining 3D animations with spatial sound, Splan’s work creates arresting explorations of micro and macro worlds through the lens of epigenetic science. Texts from scientific research serve as a foundation for prompts for AI-generated imagery in the animations. Molecular processes associated with environmental influences on gene expression serve as aural and visual materiality to create a space for reflection on past and present.
The soundscape was created in collaboration with musicians, scientists, and engineers to generate a layered composition combining data, vocals, and guitar. The “movements” of the score oscillate between goopy and glitchy, soothing and unsettling, offering a sonic meditation situated in a liminal space that is at once biological and technological. The ambient foundation of “Movements” was created from sonifications generated in collaboration with theoretical biophysicist Adam Lamson using data from his computational simulations of molecular processes. Splan composed the data-driven sound files into MIDI instrument arrangements. Biotech lab instrumentation engineer and musician Frank Masciocchi created an original electric guitar composition inspired by a symphonic structure with four movements. Heavy metal musician Jared Warren (Big Business, Melvins, Unwound) contributed haunting vocals that permeate moments in the composition.
This premiere presentation of this newly spatialized composition celebrates the release of Splan’s limited-edition double vinyl box set. This special vinyl version of the soundscape was produced in collaboration with arts technologist KamranV of CyKiK using Phonocut, his unique push button vinyl recording device. The double disc LP has a running time of approximately twenty minutes with each side featuring a different movement of the symphonic structure. This collector’s edition includes two clear 10” discs housed in a custom acrylic box designed by Splan. The accompanying metallic print portfolio features a series of five kaleidoscopic stills from “A Guided Sublimation”. The stills are also featured in “Portals”, a photographic flip-book that includes the “meditation” narration script from the planetarium presentation of “A Guided Sublimation”.
The soundscape from “A Guided Sublimation (Movements)” will premiere at New Ear :: Spatial in conjunction with the release of a limited-edition double vinyl and print box set.
Laura Splan’s “Movements” features an ethereal octophonic soundscape with hypnotic projections from her immersive planetarium show “A Guided Sublimation”. This hypnotic journey from the perspective of molecular entities evokes the interconnectedness of realms defined by permeable boundaries. Part of an expansive art practice combining 3D animations with spatial sound, Splan’s work creates arresting explorations of micro and macro worlds through the lens of epigenetic science. Texts from scientific research serve as a foundation for prompts for AI-generated imagery in the animations. Molecular processes associated with environmental influences on gene expression serve as aural and visual materiality to create a space for reflection on past and present.
The soundscape was created in collaboration with musicians, scientists, and engineers to generate a layered composition combining data, vocals, and guitar. The “movements” of the score oscillate between goopy and glitchy, soothing and unsettling, offering a sonic meditation situated in a liminal space that is at once biological and technological. The ambient foundation of “Movements” was created from sonifications generated in collaboration with theoretical biophysicist Adam Lamson using data from his computational simulations of molecular processes. Splan composed the data-driven sound files into MIDI instrument arrangements. Biotech lab instrumentation engineer and musician Frank Masciocchi created an original electric guitar composition inspired by a symphonic structure with four movements. Heavy metal musician Jared Warren (Big Business, Melvins, Unwound) contributed haunting vocals that permeate moments in the composition.
This premiere presentation of this newly spatialized composition celebrates the release of Splan’s limited-edition double vinyl box set. This special vinyl version of the soundscape was produced in collaboration with arts technologist KamranV of CyKiK using Phonocut, his unique push button vinyl recording device. The double disc LP has a running time of approximately twenty minutes with each side featuring a different movement of the symphonic structure. This collector’s edition includes two clear 10” discs housed in a custom acrylic box designed by Splan. The accompanying metallic print portfolio features a series of five kaleidoscopic stills from “A Guided Sublimation”. The stills are also featured in “Portals”, a photographic flip-book that includes the “meditation” narration script from the planetarium presentation of “A Guided Sublimation”.
NEW EAR :: SPATIAL TEAM: Director: Daniel Neumann, Curator: Lee Gilboa, Production Assistant: Maxi Glenn
A Guided Sublimation was originally commissioned by the Vanderbilt Museum with support from the Rochester Area Community Foundation. This work was also made possible by the Simons Foundation and created in collaboration with Adam Lamson, theoretical biophysicist at Flatiron Institute. Additional support provided by the EY Metaverse Lab Residency at NEW INC, the New Museum's cultural incubator. Additional science collaboration with Dr. Hannah Lui Park and the UCI Park Lab was facilitated by the Beall Center for Art +Technology Black Box Projects Residency at UC Irvine. This work was also made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature through the Media Arts Assistance Fund a regrant partnership of NYSCA and Wave Farm.
