Saturday, September 21, at noon at the Di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art in Napa, violin faculty member Tara Flandreau will be one of fourteen musicians performing in Hawks and Doves, a piece of improvised instrumental music to accompany a site-specific sculpture of the same name by artist Philip Krohn recently installed at the art preserve. Built from salvaged wood offcuts intricately woven together suggesting the traces of the flights of birds, the sculpture is installed suspended in the air outside through a grove of olive trees, spread over an area 450 feet in length.
The artist’s creation is designed so that it can accommodate additional collaborative input from other artistic mediums – in this particular instance, music. The musicians will be spread out and moving around in and through that large space while playing, performing five approximately 10 minute improvisations, each of a different character. The visitors to the di Rosa preserve to see the work will also move through this outdoor sonic space, so that each viewer will experience a different version of the music as they pass through the installation.
The di Rosa preserve is a large exhibition space and museum of contemporary art, with works displayed both inside and outside on the many acres of grounds. There is much to see in this surprising collection of work, located a beautiful rural environment amongst hilly acres of vineyards.
Although the sculpture will be installed there until the end of the year, the additional musical collaboration is only happening on Saturday the 21st of September starting at noon.
musicians:
- Scott Amendola – drums/percussion
- Mark Clifford – vibes, marimba
- Tara Flandreau – violin/viola
- Fred Frith – guitar
- Ben Goldberg – clarinet
- Aurora Josephson – voice
- Robert Lopez – percussion
- Lisa Mezzacappa – acoustic bass
- Larry Ochs – sopranino/tenor saxophone
- Crystal Pascucci – cello
- Karen Stackpole – gongs/tam tams/percussion
- Willie Wynant – percussion/glockenspiel
- Philip Krohn – creative direction