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The Museum of Modern Art Presents Studio Sound: Suzanne Ciani and Sarah Davachi at The Museum of Modern Art

Dates: (9/7/2023 - 9/17/2023 )

Theatre:

The Museum of Modern Art


11 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019, USA
New York,NY 10019

Tickets: Film program tickets are included with Museum admission but require advance reservation. Tickets to just the screening start at $8.

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The Museum of Modern Art will be hosting the performance series Studio Sound with Suzanne Ciani and Sarah Davachi at The Museum of Modern Art on September 7th through 17th.

Studio Sound is a performance series that champions artists and musicians whose work engages new possibilities for sound and music. Exploring auditory art forms through both live and recorded performance, the program suggests an expanded history of art in which sound plays a more central role. The inaugural presentation of Studio Sound presents Suzanne Ciani and Sarah Davachi—two composers of different generations working with innovative music technologies.

 

Often referred to as the “Diva of the Diode,” composer Suzanne Ciani is a pioneer of electronic music. She is known for her revelatory creations on an instrument called the Buchla, which revolutionized sonic experimentation when it was developed in 1964. Over her decades-long career, Ciani has used the Buchla to compose New Age electronic music and innovative commercial sound design. In the Kravis Studio, Ciani will perform Improvisation on Four Sequences on the Buchla 200e. Presented in quadraphonic sound, the work incorporates a spatial sound experience into her musical composition.

 

Sarah Davachi is a Canadian experimental composer and performer who creates immersive, layered drones using a wide range of acoustic and electronic instrumentation, including organs, strings, brass, and synthesizers. Continuing a lineage of minimalist composers such as Eliane Radigue, Tony Conrad, and La Monte Young, her works expand the human perception of sound through subtle variations of harmonic structures, exploring overtone complexity, intonation, and natural resonance. At MoMA, Davachi will present performances of new electroacoustic works that challenge listeners’ temporal experience of sound, including Long Gradus, a long-form composition for chamber ensemble, and Brass Chant, a work for brass trio and electronic drones. She will also premiere Music for a Bellowing Room—a new durational solo electronic work—as a live, daytime installation with video by Dicky Bahto.

 

Suzanne Ciani Improvisation on Four Sequences

 

Thursday, September 7, 8:00 p.m.

Friday, September 8, 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, September 10, 2:00 p.m., followed by a conversation with the artist

 

Sarah Davachi

 

Thursday, September 14, 8:00 p.m. Long Gradus

Friday, September 15, 8:00 p.m. Brass Chant

Sunday, September 17, 1:00 p.m. Music for a Bellowing Room, followed by a conversation with the artist



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