Sky Into Stone: Sights and Sounds
Friday, January 3rd | 4:00 PM
To celebrate the closing of Sky Into Stone, exhibiting artist Katrina Bello and sound artist Jonathan Harris will host an artist talk and immersive listening experience based on sound recordings that span nearly 250 miles on (and off) the coast of Lake Michigan. Harris’ multichannel composition uses hydrophonic and atmospheric recordings of the lake’s environmental sounds to explore the interplay between connection and separation in our experience of nature, examining how this complex dynamic parallels the tension between consciousness and embodiment.
In an artist talk, Bello will discuss her work on view in her solo exhibition and how her Tusen Takk residency–heavily informed by the sounds of nearby Lake Michigan–impacted not only her practice but also her bodily experience.
ARTIST BIOS
Born in Davao City in the Philippines, Katrina Bello is a visual artist whose work is informed by memory, observations, experiences and narratives of land and natural surroundings during her experience of immigrating to the United States. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions in the United States and the Philippines, and has been awarded fellowships and residencies in the United States. She attended the College of Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, and received a BFA from the Mason Gross School of The Arts at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She received her MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. She currently lives and works in New Jersey in the United States and Metro Manila in the Philippines.
Jonathan Harris is a New York-based artist using objects, sound, and space as tools to explore cognitive and perceptual phenomena. this work typically involves the creation of environments that investigate the physical and spatial characteristics of sound, often taking the form of site-responsive installations whose sonic elements push against conventional temporal constructs and exist as sculptural or architectural materials themselves. Jonathan’s practice is centered on how sound and architecture’s innate relationship with the body informs an individual’s conception of space and their place in the world, with a deep interest in cultivating observational practices that provoke—outside of art spaces— reengagement and realignment with real-world habitats.
He has presented this work in museums, galleries, and public sites throughout New York City, greater NY, the Hudson Valley, and internationally. From 2021–2024, he exhibited sunpath, a large-scale public installation at Purchase College, NY, which used artist-built electronics, photovoltaic data, and sound to trace the sun’s position in the sky across an array of loudspeakers positioned under the two 1000’-long outdoor arcades that form the perimeter of the college’s main campus plaza.
Jonathan studied Harmony, Composition, and Sound at the Juilliard School and Purchase College, and holds an MFA in sound art from Columbia University.
The ticket price reflects the cost of admission to the museum. Please register in advance. Limit of 35 people, please limit groups to four people.
Image: Lake Michigan. Photo courtesy of Katrina Bello.
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