Music
and Architecture: The Art of Stringing Space
At the Lyndsey McCandless Gallery, 130 S. Jackson Street near Pearl St.
7:00-9:00 PM Tuesday, June 20
Tickets are $25 and include a light supper.
This hands-on design workshop will be led by Earth Harp inventor Bill
Close, who is world-renowned for his work transforming architectural space
into musical instruments. He was initially inspired by the words of Frank
Lloyd Wright -- “Architecture is frozen music” -- and has
worked for more than a decade to bring the music of architecture to the
ear as well as the eye. Bill has just returned from stringing and playing
the new terminal of the Hong Kong Airport for the grand opening celebration.
Last year, he was invited to string and play the outside of the Colosseum
in Rome. He has made a musical instrument of many famous architectural
landmarks in America, including buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies
van der Rohe. In October, he was in Jackson to make a musical instrument
of the home of Nona Yehia and Mark Sullivan. He has worked extensively
with Cirque de Soleil to create musical environments as part of their
shows. This workshop will be of special interest to designers and architects. |
