Periodicity Piece #10 (Island Time) is a new mixed-media, multi-channel sound installation. Informed by early minimalism, acoustic ecology, deep listening and ambient music, Periodicity Piece #10 combines a diverse collection of sounds into a slowly changing sonic ecosystem. Drawing on the unique Governor’s Island setting, the work offers a unique, site-specific listening experience… Continue reading
Weekend Happening! Artist Day is Sat. September 11, 2021 from 3 – 5 pm. FREE. Talks by artists Michael Bullock and Lady K. Please note that the ferry will not be running between 10 am and noon.The exhibition is open to the public from 11 am – 5 pm Sat and Sun… Continue reading
AttoWatt is an installation, made up of long vertical metal bars and neon tubes. The neon lights are individually triggered to create vivid patterns of light. Every minute, the audience is able to see volumes made of lights in movement in the centre of the installation. Light and sound are… Continue reading
Studio Five Beekman and Diapason Sound Art were two galleries devoted to the presentation of multi-channel sound installations, long-duration performances and intermedia artworks. Founded, directed and curated by composer Michael J. Schumacher in collaboration with Ursula Scherrer and Liz Gerring and made possible by the generosity of Mr. and Mrs.… Continue reading
New Fall Show on Governors Island The Workings of Media [art and artists] Fall 2021 11 am – 5 pm Sat and Sun August 28 – October 31, 2021 in Building 10a, Nolan Park, Governors Island. Proof of vaccine is required. Artist Day is Saturday September 11, 2021Produced by Harvestworks, the exhibitions… Continue reading
Upcoming Events This Week Friday, July 30, 2021 @ 7 pm Harvestworks & The Listening Biennialwill present Body in Transit by Brooklyn based multimedia artist, composer and Harvestworks Resident Surabhi Saraf featuring poetry reading by Bay Area based Filipina American writer, artist, Dorothy Santos. The program will be streamed live on Harvestworks’s Youtube Channel. FREE. July 30, 2021… Continue reading
Influenced by the cultural shifts that technology creates, this series of fiber installations—The Masquerades of the Soft Machines— imagines a future dystopia warped by technology. The surreptitious collection of personal data has led to humanity controlled by the machine. Luciferins is one project in this series. Luciferins is inspired by… Continue reading
This live duo performance contains 360 video, field recordings, voice and electronic voice processing. The artists will explore the art of walking, an activity central to both of their practices. The focus will be on a shared walk they took in Mexico City in 2019 around Azcapotzalco, a neighborhood on the northwest… Continue reading
Thursday, July 15th 2021, ISSUE Project Room & Harvestworks are pleased to stream AEROSILLA (el turismo posible), a new collaborative work by New York-based composer, musician and multimedia artist Cecilia Lopez and Buenos Aires-based composer and performer Carmen Baliero. Both born in Buenos Aires, the pair have an expansive collaborative history that spans decades.… Continue reading
A feminist activist project, Women’s Labor repurposes domestic tools to become new musical instruments. Using embedded technologies, these domestic-tools-turned instruments are explored in interactive installations, commissioned compositions, and performances. Traditionally relegated to the private sphere, we interrogate domesticity through public engagement and performative spectacle. The new instruments are based on… Continue reading
