Carlito Carvalhosa
24 August - 14 November 2011
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Sum of Days. 2010 |
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CARLITO CARVALHOSA
Sum of Days
24 August – 14 November, 2011
Brazilian artist Carlito Carvalhosa (b. 1961) conceived Sum of Days as
an environmental and participatory sound installation—a monumental,
voluminous construction made of soft, white, translucent material that
hangs from the ceiling to the floor and takes the shape of an elliptical
labyrinth. This structure hides, or interrupts, the defined limits of
its surrounding architectural space, allowing an experience of total
immersion while suspending the usual parameters of spatial reference
known to the beholders. A system of microphones hanging from various
heights records the ambient noise, which is played back the next day
through several speakers. Each day a new recording is superimposed over
the one from the previous day, and the original recording is
progressively obscured by a layer of whispers and newly recorded sonic
vibrations. Adding another layer of sound will be the music of American
composer Philip Glass. The accumulation of these recordings will
constitute an immaterial layering of time as a memory of an experience,
or a sculptural auditory experience, in which all the sounds that are
produced are constantly layered. Carvalhosa’s Sum of Days is therefore a
sculptural work, using sound as a mnemonic material—a sculpture of
music that is constantly being erased by the accidental noise of every
day experiences. This marks the artist’s first exhibition in the United
States.
www.moma.org
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