Art-Song

My first experiment (or experience, if you would like to call it that) in “playing art” was successful! Here’s what it involved: 

 

- immediate audience reaction 

- audience participation, using vocabulary which they were comfortable with (contrast, line, shape, architecture, length). 

*The above mentioned “architectural” comments are also completely musical. 

Some of the improvisations were very strong. I am working on getting some audio footage edited to photograph-stills … but those can’t be released until all parties have “signed off” on the material, so to speak.  

 

 

I really loved this event and I hope to do more. I also hope to get my students involved. There could be such potential for this - in places such as the East Coast, definitely in Europe or China! I hope to farm out the idea to galleries or museums also in my local state. 

Perhaps the best two things from a perspective of the audience:

- They sat and looked at a painting, even if it wasn’t their favorite, for *much* longer than a usual visit.

- The paintings “changed” for them as they “listened” to them. 

 

 

Photos are taken by yours truly, with a GoPro set up on a foldable tripod and taken remotely with my iPhone.