Céleste Boursier-Mougenot
Louise Bourgeois
Contemporary Works from the Monsen Family Collection
Vortexhibition Polyphonica
Richard C. Elliott: Cycle of the Sun
Light Reign, James Turrell Skyspace+ROOM-ROOM
North Galleries
February 7, 2009 – May 3, 2009
+ROOM-ROOM is a pair of sound installations for two adjacent galleries at the Henry. Artists Yann Novak and Jamie Drouin will each individually explore how the perception of these familiar places is transformed by sound. Through contrasting sensory experiences, the installations create an experiential divide between the two virtually identical rooms and restructure notions of architectural solidity and singularity in favor of more flexible, intuitive perceptions. The aural compositions, based on actual ambient noises recorded in the galleries, turn attention onto the spaces themselves and encourage us to rethink the ways in which we process physical location, and create assumptions about our surroundings. In collaboration with the artists, the Henry will produce a CD of stereo versions of the works.