EXHIBITION | Silent Echoes: Notre-Dame and the Dachstein Glacier

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EXHIBITION | Silent Echoes: Notre-Dame and the Dachstein Glacier

Bill Fontana

GETTY PST ART: Art & Science Collide
5 Oct 2024 - 5:00pm

UCLA Art|Sci Center Presents Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption | Part of Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative, related programs and exhibitions will run Sept 14, 2024, through June 7, 2025, launching with "Silent Echoes: Notre-Dame and the Dachstein Glaciersite" a site-specific sound installation by Bill Fontana

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 14
UCLA Royce Hall, Room 306 (Floor 3)
10745 Dickson Ct,
Los Angeles, CA 90095

>>Royce Hall
September 14-October 5, 2024: Bill Fontana’s Silent Echoes: Notre-Dame and the Dachstein Glacier is a duet between two sites of field recording: the melting Dachstein glacier in Austria, and the dormant bells of Notre-Dame after the 2019 fire. Together, they thread a sound sculpture that builds upon Fontana’s historic exploration of acoustic cubism through layered sound. The six-channel sound sculpture will be audible from Dickson Court adjacent to Royce Hall’s south entrance.

>>Nimoy Theater
September 14-October 5: At CAP UCLA’s Nimoy Theater, Bill Fontana will screen a two-channel version of Silent Echoes: Notre-Dame and the Dachstein Glacier on the building’s large outdoor marquee screens.

>>About "Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption:"
Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption is a series of exhibitions and performances, an app, and a publication highlighting eight Art|Sci artists in residence: Sholeh Asgary, Patricia Cadavid, Bill Fontana,Yolande Harris, Anna Nacher, Joel Ong, Iman Person, and Robertina Šebjanič; along with five local artists: Katie Grinnan, Rachel Mayeri, Christina McPhee, Amber Stucke, and Nina Waisman.
Read more:
http://artsci.ucla.edu/node/1621
https://soundofatmosphere.com
https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?e=%5BUNIQID%5D&u=9baf6baeafa7dd6c42a6d...

Directions and Parking:
Parking for Royce Hall is available in Parking Structure 5 located at: 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
Guest drop is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court, Los Angeles, CA 90095.

More info:
https://roycehall.org/visit/directions/

About the artist: With a career spanning fifty years, Bill Fontana is internationally known for his pioneering experiments in sound. He has consistently used sound as a sculptural medium to interact with and transform our perceptions of visual and architectural spaces. Applying his knowledge of composition, he draws out patterns of sound from the natural and manmade worlds to create sound works with the potential to conjure up visual imagery in the mind of the listener.