Inflorescence 2010 at Civic Center Plaza
Featuring sound installation, performance and talks by Brett Ian Balogh
Inflorescence 2010 is a free site-specific sound and performance installation by artist Brett Ian Balogh. Balogh will create a composition by installing invented audio devices (“florets”) that are programmed to respond to and participate in outdoor processes. The florets are hung from Civic Center trees around the entire plaza. The florets collect solar power until sunset, when they will then “bloom” by emitting light and transmitting an impressive sonic tapestry via low-power FM transmissions.
Inflorescence 2010 asks us “What is the sound of leaves breathing, or of decaying compost?” Balogh aims to bring these natural processes to the ear. Each floret’s sensor interacts with the environment, creating an electric signal. These signals are amplified and/or used to modulate a sound producing circuit. The nature and the quality of the sounds are composed by Balogh and will be chosen to complement the surrounding soundscape.
Transmitting power will be low in order to create micro-environments that require movement and exploration by the audience. After each performance, Brett will lead an artist talk about his work.
Note: Audiences are encouraged to bring FM radios to listen to the compositions created by the installations. We will also supply a limited number of radios.
- RSVP Here
- Infoline: 415.320.6685 or fest@projectsoundwave.com
- Two Performance Times: 7:00p and 8:30p
- Location: Civic Center Plaza, (between Polk & Larkin, McAllister & Grove), San Franciscomap it
- Public Transit: Civic Center BART, MUNI N,J,K,L,M,T
Artist and composer Brett Ian Balogh works at the intersection of objects, sounds and spaces. He is a founding member of the experimental sound performance collective, Clairaudient, and performs with the Chicago Phonographers. In his sound compositions, Brett employs sound, radio and digital fabrication technologies to explore the use of broadcast media (sound and radio) as a medium and instrument. A professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Illinois Institute of Technology, Brett has exhibited and performed his work at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Experimental Sound Studio, andd P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in New York. Balogh received his MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and his B.A. in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania.
http://www.brettbalogh.com