For People Not On Phones: an art installation by Purest Spiritual Pigs Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - February 25, 2009 At six undisclosed public locations
This project was fabricated as part of an artist residency at: AS220 115 Empire Street Providence, 02903
For People Not On Phones is the newest conceptual creation by Purest Spiritual Pigs, a solo and collaborative project lead by Helena Thompson. For this project the artists have created sound installations and placed them discreetly in public spaces, both inside and outdoors. The volume of these auditory compositions is extremely low, discernable only to passers-by who are fully present in their environment. Sounds created in and from the future locations of the six installations were used in creating the finished works that are heard in those very same places.
Thompson was a resident artist at AS220 from a few months after its inception in 1985, until 1990, when she relocated to San Francisco. For the month of February, Thompson returns again as an Artist in Residence by way of AS220's collective invitation. This Purest Spiritual Pigs project brings AS220 Labs in as one of Thompson's collaborator. AS220 Labs contributed the planning and fabrication of the sound devices used in the install, utilizing open-source Arduino chips and small laser cut handcrafted Plexi boxes. Susan Clausen, Bert Crenca, and Blue Wade also joined Purest Spiritual Pigs for this exciting collaboration, helping create the final recordings.
The artists hope that a number of people will happen upon the installations in the normal course of their week and have the opportunity to interact with the pieces, but is not formally releasing the whereabouts of the six soundscapes.
This is the first of a series Thompson plans to bring to public locations in multiple cities. AS220 is pleased to have been the springboard for this ambitious series.
For more information about the exhibit or AS220 please contact:
AS220 Communications Director 401.831.9327 x116 Cheryl Kaminsky cheryl@as220.org
or
Helena Thompson purestspiritualpigs@gmail.com www.purestspiritualpigs.com