Syndicate: Audio Recordings of Great Works of Ar

["Arthur Bueno" <abueno@v2.nl>]

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 17:02:46 -0800 (PST)
From: New Langton Arts <nla_arts@sirius.com>
Subject: Audio Recordings of Great Works of Art




>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>January 19, 2000
>Contact: Leah Broder: 415 626 5416 or nla_arts@sirius.com
>
>NET ART EXHIBITION
>
>AUDIO RECORDINGS OF GREAT WORKS OF ART by Ed Osborn
>Featured on http://www.newlangtonarts.org or http://www.auralaura.com
>January 12 - March 25, 2000
>
>San Francisco - New Langton Arts presents "Audio Recordings of Great Works
>of Art" (1999), a Web site that explores what it sounds like to look at
>art. Ed Osborn has made sound recordings at the sites of famous paintings,
>sculptures, and other artworks. He presents a visual representation of the
>artwork, the sound recorded there, and an accompanying text that considers
>how sound functions literally and metaphorically around the work. "Audio
>Recordings of Great Works of Art" is the featured web site in Langton's new
>Internet exhibition program, NETWORK, and can be viewed on a computer in
>the gallery or at http://www.newlangtonarts.org. New Langton Arts is
>located at 1246 Folsom Street between 8th and 9th Streets. For information
>call 415 626 5416. Gallery admission is free.
>
>"Audio Recordings of Great Works of Art" examines museum culture, the
>acoustic life of silent objects, and the space left to the ear while the
>eye is engaged. In this way new readings can be drawn out of frequently
>examined pieces. By regarding visual art with the ear, "Audio Recordings of
>Great Works of Art" explores a rarely navigated, nearly silent, and always
>invisible terrain.
>
>There are fifteen artworks represented in "Audio Recordings of Great Works
>of Art" which Osborn selected from thousands of artworks that he has
>recorded over the last decade in North America, Europe, and Asia. They were
>chosen based on a variety of factors including their various physical
>locations, relationship to site, and relative fame. Among the featured
>recordings included are "Mona Lisa" (1503-06), Rembrandt's "Nightwatch"
>(1642), and Van Gogh's "Self Portrait with Felt Hat" (1887-88).
>
>Ed Osborn is an Oakland based artist whose sound, sound-sculpture, and
>performance has been presented around the globe. He has had solo
>exhibitions at Artspace in Sydney, Australia (1999), Galerie DARE-DARE,
>Montreal, Quebec (1998), Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland (1996),
>and LACE, Los Angeles, CA (1996), among other venues. Osborn's performance
>history includes dates in Brazil, Berlin, Amsterdam, and New York City at
>the Lincoln Center (1999), to name a few. He is the recipient of numerous
>grants and awards including a grant from the Creative Work Fund (1996).
>Osborn is currently an artist-in-residence at Tryon Center for Visual Art
>in Charlotte, North Carolina.
>
>NETWORK is a new Internet-based art program at New Langton Arts that seeks
>to 1) provide a context for critical attention to and dialogue around
>Internet-based art work, 2) create a venue for the creation and
>presentation of new work in this evolving cultural arena and 3) support
>experimentation by contemporary artists. Through this program, Langton
>supports and presents experimental art work that engages the Web as an
>artistic medium or site of cultural exchange. NETWORK includes thematic
>group exhibitions accessible through Langton's Web site
>(http://www.newlangtonarts.org) and commissioned projects by artists at all
>stages of their careers. Langton is specifically interested in work that
>addresses critical issues related to contemporary culture and aesthetics,
>work that is collaborative or participatory in its approach, and work that
>crosses disciplinary boundaries.
>* * *
>New Langton Arts gratefully acknowledges the following individuals,
>foundations, and corporations for their support: Association Française
>d'Action Artistique, Mike Abbink, Banana Republic, BankAmerica Foundation,
>Lewis Butler, California Arts Council, Penny and James Coulter, Cultural
>Services of the French Embassy, Joshua Distler, Martha W. Dresher, DB
>Incorporated, Department of Foreign Affairs Ireland, eBay Great
>Collections, Etant Donnés, Elizabeth and Robert Fisher, Sakurako and
>William Fisher, Maynard and Charlotte Franklin, Grants for the Arts/San
>Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, Joe Boxer, The William and Flora Hewlett
>Foundation, Edward L. Jew, Meridee Moore and Kevin King, Kathryn Hall and
>Tom Knutsen, Naomi and Charles Kremer, The National Endowment for the Arts
>Creation & Presentation Programs, PE Applied Biosystems, Potrero Nuevo
>Fund, Howard Rice Fund, John Sappington, Kathryn Taylor and Thomas Steyer,
>The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Susan and Richard Swig
>Watkins, The Charles M. Weinberg Fund, Zellerbach Family Fund, The board of
>directors and members of New Langton Arts.
>
>- end -
>
>For photography and interviews contact Leah Broder at 415 626 5416 or
>nla_arts@sirius.com
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>New Langton Arts
>1246 Folsom Street
>San Francisco, CA 94103
>415.626.5416 ph
>415.255.1453 fx
>nla_arts@sirius.com
>www.newlangtonarts.org
>Featured NetWork site:  http://www.auralaura.com
>
>

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