Soundings

Neuberger Museum, 1981
“Three years ago Soundings was merely the notion that the little-explored theme of sound in the plastic arts, which weaves through the art of the twentieth century, would be an intriguing topic of investigation. Soundings has grown in size and complexity to reflect the richness of visual artists' use of sound, music, and acoustical phenomena, both actual and implied, in the art of this century. Soundings could well have included composers' scores and a whole section on concrete poetry in which each visual mark has an aural equivalent. The exhibition might also have presented works by composers and visual artists who share similar attitudes and convictions. Soundings concentrates, how-ever, primarily on the work of visual artists who have consistently used sound and acoustical phenomena in their work and on the work of composers, who either alone or in collaboration with others, have created works that may be perceived with both the eyes and the ears.”Shelving
Sound / Music,
Fluxus,
Performance / Dance