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From MoMA to the Hop: Composer brings sound installations to both venues this fall Photo: (L-R) Tristan Perich, Todd Meehan, Doug Perkins. Courtesy of the artists. HANOVER, NH—On Saturday, August 10, New York’s Museum of Modern Art opens Soundings: A Contemporary Score (through November 3), its first major exhibition of “sound art.” The exhibit presents work by 16 of the most innovative contemporary artists working with sound, with pieces ranging from architectural interventions, to visualizations of otherwise inaudible sound, to an exploration of how sound ricochets within a gallery, to a range of field recordings—including echolocating bats, abandoned buildings in Chernobyl, 59 bells in New York City, and a sugar factory in Taiwan. One of the 16 is Brooklyn-based composer Tristan Perich (whose work The Wall Street Journal said is "intense, hypnotic force and a surprising emotional depth”), represented by his Microtonal Wall (2011), composed of 1,500 tiny speakers, each playing a single microtonal frequency, collectively spanning four octaves across 25 feet. It has previously been displayed in Norway and Toronto. In September, the Hop presents an exhibit of Perich’s sound and nonsound installations in the new “Hop Garage” rehearsal and exhibition space, across the corridor from the Hop Box Office and Courtyard Café. The title and description of the piece will be announced later. The installation is free and open to the public on Tuesday, September 24 through Thursday, September 26, noon to 8 pm, and on Friday, September 27, noon to 4 pm. Pieces in the Hop show include work in which the mechanized world subtly interacts with the human: Drawing Machine, a pen-on-paper drawing executed during the exhibit by a simple machine Perich programs; 5 Linear Constructions, a work for video; Breathing Portraits, speakers that react to subaudible waveforms, capturing the movement of their subjects' breathing patterns during sleep; and 1-Bit Symphony, a five-movement electronic composition recorded on a single microchip that literally "performs" its music live when turned on, through a headphone jack. Also on September 27, at 10 pm in the Garage, the Hop presents the Meehan/Perkins Duo (including former Dartmouth Music faculty member Doug Perkins on percussion) performing Perich’s composition Parallels. The performance is free and open to the public; seating is very limited. Perich's work is inspired by the aesthetic simplicity of math, physics and code. WIRE Magazine describes his compositions as "an austere meeting of electronic and organic." He studied math, computer science and music composition as an undergraduate at Columbia University and received an MA from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. In 2004 he released 1-Bit Music, an electronic circuit carefully arranged in a CD case with a headphone jack on its spine. Using rudimentary hand-programmed electronics, he made the 40-minute music composition as a means of investigating the foundations of digital sound. 1-Bit Music, was the first album ever released as a microchip, programmed to synthesize his electronic composition live. His latest circuit album, 1-Bit Symphony (Cantaloupe, 2010), has received critical acclaim and was called "sublime" (New York Press). His awardwinning work coupling 1-bit electronics with traditional forms in both music (Active Field, Observations) and visual art (Machine Drawings, Microtonal Wall) has been presented around the world, from Sonar and Ars Electronica to the Whitney Museum and bitforms gallery. Download Word version of this article CALENDAR LISTINGS: Sound Installation by Tristan Perich Best known for musical works ("intense, hypnotic force and a surprising emotional depth”—Wall Street Journal) that literally perform themselves through sound-producing microchip technology in CD jewel cases, Tristan Perich also is among 16 artists in the first major exhibition of “sound art” of a sound installation exhibit at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, August-November. His creative residency at the Hop features interactive works in the Hop Garage. Tuesday-Thursday, September 24-26, noon to 8 pm; Friday, September 27, noon-4 pm Hop Garage, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hanover NH Free admission Information: Hopkins Center Box Office, 603.646.2422 or hop.dartmouth.edu Meehan/Perkins Duo Performs Tristan Perich The percussion duo of Todd Meehan and Doug Perkins performs Tristan Perich’s 50-minute composition Parallels. Very limited seating. Friday, September 27, 10 pm Hop Garage, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hanover NH Free admission Information: Hopkins Center Box Office, 603.646.2422 or hop.dartmouth.edu * * * Founded in 1962, the Hopkins Center for the Arts is a multi-disciplinary academic, visual and performing arts center dedicated to uncovering insights, igniting passions, and nurturing talents to help Dartmouth and the surrounding Upper Valley community engage imaginatively and contribute creatively to our world. Each year the Hop presents more than 300 live events and films by visiting artists as well as Dartmouth students and the Dartmouth community, and reaches more than 22,000 Upper Valley residents and students with outreach and arts education programs. After a celebratory 50th-anniversary season in 2012-13, the Hop enters its second half-century with renewed passion for mentoring young artists, supporting the development of new work, and providing a laboratory for participation and experimentation in the arts. CONTACT: Rebecca Bailey, Publicity Coordinator/Writer Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College [email protected] 603.646.3991