EarthDay@Goethe
Requiem: in memoriam of twelve recently extinct species
A Sound Installation by Steve Norton
Opening hours:
Thursday, April 22, 3-5 pm & 5:30-7 pm - Artist talk at 6 pm
Friday, April 23, 6-8 pm
Saturday, April 24, 3-5 pm - Artist talk at 4 pm
Sunday, April 25, 12-2 pm
Visitors will be admitted into the exhibition in small groups and are required to wear a mask and social distance at all times.
In each case, humans were to blame for their extinction. Requiem reminds us that the soundscape — the natural noises and sounds that make up our environment — is irrevocably altered when species become extinct.
Presented in collaboration with Non-Event.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Steve Norton is a sound artist and musician. His artistic research examines electroacoustic music, improvisation as a method, the environment, modernity and society. Steve’s practice is currently focused on the gathering of field-recorded sound which he utilizes in electroacoustic composition and performative contexts. His interest is to increasingly bring the outside world into his work via field recording and topical decisions which engage critical issues. This is exemplified by the work at hand, Requiem, a four-channel sound composition on the topic of extinction, created using the voices of recently-extinct birds and frogs. Steve has been exhibiting, composing and performing in the United States and Canada for over 30 years, and has a dozen installations and over twenty-five recorded releases to his credit. He holds an MFA in Intermedia from the University of Maine.
Details
Goethe-Institut Boston
170 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02116
Annette.Klein@goethe.de
Part of series EarthDay@Goethe