| Tufts University Art Galleries |
| Impossible Music: VIP Preview, Performance, + Reception |
| Nov 7, 2024 |
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Join us for the opening of Impossible Music, a survey of the sonic vanguard, with a performance of Aki Onda’s installation Spirits Known and Unknown, followed by a public reception and community-wide celebration. Organized by curator and Forge Project director Candice Hopkins and composer and musician Raven Chacon, Impossible Music brings together sculptures, sounds, scores, video, and live performances to explore the radical, interdisciplinary potential of conceptual and experimental music. From the banned to the bombastic, the exhibition highlights the work of visionary artists who pushed music forward, defying norms and piloting new forms of expression. Featured artists include Terry Adkins, Black Quantum Futurism, Nikita Gale, Sarah Hennies, Tom Johnson, Aki Onda, Christine Sun Kim, and Spencer C. Yeh. Learn more about the opportunities to celebrate with us at the Aidekman Arts Center / 40 Talbot Avenue, Medford and RSVP using the links below: VIP PREVIEW Join us for a private walkthrough before the community-wide celebration with exhibition curators Candice Hopkins and Raven Chacon. Register for the VIP Preview here. PERFORMANCE: Spirits Known and Unknown (2023) Aki Onda’s Spirits Known and Unknown is an installation and performance featuring found brass bells that pulls on myriad associations of bells as symbols of spirituality, peace, and even in some cases, war. To mark the opening of Impossible Music, Onda developed a score for invited artists to perform the bells as a means to ruptures the confines and structures of clock time. RECEPTION Toast to the exhibition with the Greater Boston arts community. |
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