Chris Kallmyer: Ensemble
Ensemble is the title of a new multimedia installation by Los Angeles-based sound and performance artist, Chris Kallmyer. The exhibition centers around a sculptural instrument created specifically for the exhibition comprised of raw timber and handmade bells that functions as a communal bell-ringing instrument, or carillon. The instrument, activated by a group of individuals, employs a method of making music by non-musicians that blends collective listening with lively communal rituals and meditation practice. Presented in SBMA’s Preston Morton Gallery and including a selection of musical scores developed by the artist, related drawings, and a video projection documenting the inaugural staging of the instrument, Ensemble serves as an oasis for contemplation and exploration. Accompanied by a series of sound and meditation workshops, the exhibition functions as a production and rehearsal space—part laboratory and part sanctuary—made active by various participants throughout the exhibition’s duration. The exhibition serves as an active studio for Kallmyer to further explore the post-Fluxus poetics of everyday objects, what happens when audience-turns-performer, and what we collectively seek from the experience of listening.
ENSEMBLE from Chris Kallmyer on Vimeo.
May
1 pm – 24, 292 pm – 26
June
1 pm – 1, 5, 8, 14, 16, 18, 26, 302 pm – 2, 9, 23, 28
July
1 pm – 5, 6, 12, 14, 18, 20, 312 pm – 7, 21, 26, 28
August
1 pm – 4, 9, 14, 17, 23, 292 pm – 3, 11, 18, 25, 31
September
1 pm – 8, 12, 142 pm – 1, 7, 15