Schedule of Symposium Events
Friday, September 22, 3:30-5:30 pm
SPECIAL EVENT: ARTISTS' WALKING TOUR
Join the artists commissioned to create site-specific works for this exhibition and explore each installation across campus. The tour will begin at Hood Downtown; see order of works below. Please wear comfortable walking shoes.
1. Hood Downtown
Terry Adkins, selected works (presented by co-curators Spencer Topel and Amelia Kahl)
Jess Rowland, The Other Side of Air: Notations for Interactive Sound, 2017, interactive sound objects
2. Entryway, Cummings Hall, Thayer School of Engineering
Laura Maes, Spikes, 2017, handmade electronics and mixed media
3. Sherman Art Library, Carpenter Hall
Julianne Swartz, Transfer (objects), 2017, mixed media
4. Entrance, Class of 1978, Life Sciences Center
Bill Fontana, MicroSoundings, 2017, sound installation (presented by co-curators Spencer Topel and Amelia Kahl)
5. Atrium, Sherman Fairchild Physical Sciences Center
Jacob Kirkegaard, Transmission, 2017, sound installation
6. Bema Amphitheater
Alvin Lucier, 5 Graves to Cairo, 2017, mixed media
7. Strauss Gallery, Hopkins Center
Christine Sun Kim, The Grid of Prefixed Acousmatics, 2017, ceramics, charcoal and pen on paper
Saturday, September 23, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
SYMPOSIUM
Location: Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center
10:00 am: WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Welcoming remarks by John Stomberg, Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director, Hood Museum of Art, followed by an overview of the exhibition and introductions by Amelia Kahl, Associate Curator of Academic Programming, Hood Museum of Art, and co-curator of Resonant Spaces.
10:20 am-1:00 pm: ARTIST PRESENTATIONS
10:20: Alvin Lucier
10:40: Christine Sun Kim
11:00: Jacob Kirkegaard
11:20-11:40: Coffee break
11:40: Bill Fontana
12:00: Jess Rowland
12:20: Laura Maes
12:40: Julianne Swartz
1:00: Break
2:30-4:00 pm: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION FEATURING THE ARTISTS
Moderated by Spencer Topel, Assistant Professor of Music, Dartmouth, and co-curator of the exhibition.
4:15 pm: SOUND ART WALK
Led by Paula Matthusen, Prof. of Music, Wesleyan University. This tour will take 2-3 hours to complete. Please wear comfortable shoes.
Resonant Spaces: Sound Art at Dartmouth
September 15-December 10, 2017
In the first-ever installation of sound art on Dartmouth's campus, organized in collaboration with Spencer Topel, assistant professor in Dartmouth's Department of Music, the Hood Museum of Art will showcase the work of emerging and established international artists with diverse aesthetic and cultural backgrounds. Seven site-specific and sound-based commissions will guide visitors across the Dartmouth campus and into the town of Hanover. Hood Downtown will feature a multimedia display introducing the exhibition and artists, as well as selected works from conceptual artist Terry Adkins (1953-2014). Artists creating new installations for the show include Bill Fontana, Christine Sun Kim, Jacob Kirkegaard, Alvin Lucier, Laura Maes, Julianne Swartz, and Jess Rowland.
Co-curated by Spencer Topel, Assistant Professor of Music, and Amelia Kahl, Associate Curator of Academic Programming
This exhibition was organized by the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, and generously supported by the George O. Southwick 1957 Memorial Fund, the Eleanor Smith Fund, the Department of Biological Sciences, the Thayer School of Engineering, and the Danish Arts Foundation.