o What: First Friday Art Walk.
o When: 5 to 9 p.m. today.
o Where: Multiple locations in downtown Vancouver. A complete map of participating retailers and galleries is at http://www.vdausa.org/pdf/Artwalk2010-12.pdf.
o Cost: Free.
o Information: http://www.vdausa.org/artWalk.html.
An art walk may seem like a quiet way to spend a Friday evening. But local sound artist Ethan Rose hopes to transport a few people into a world of voices and sounds at Vancouver’s First Friday Art Walk.
Rose will debut “Placing,” an installation in which he explores voice and space, in a leased space at 605 Main St. from 5:30 to 8 tonight. The full art walk event runs from 5 to 9 p.m.
Rose’s photo and sound installation, which is free and open to the public, will also be open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Dec. 10-12.
o What: First Friday Art Walk.
o When: 5 to 9 p.m. today.
o Where: Multiple locations in downtown Vancouver. A complete map of participating retailers and galleries is at http://www.vdausa.org/pdf/Artwalk2010-12.pdf.
o Cost: Free.
o Information: http://www.vdausa.org/artWalk.html.
The experience of “Placing” will enable observers to see photos and hear sounds throughout the gallery, and also to engage with the art.
“It’s like walking into a recording of music and existing inside of it,” said Rose, the Creative Media and Digital Culture Program’s artist in residency at Washington State University Vancouver and featured artist at North Bank Artists Gallery this month. “We’re bringing people into the piece.”
The installation will feature various photos of Rose’s students receiving cues from iPods. Those cues provide direction for the students’ actions. Photos are mounted on speakers, making it seem like the photos are emitting sounds.
Because the acoustics of a room vary, the sounds will change based on where speakers are placed, and where the listener stands.
“It’s a humming, textural breathing sound,” Rose said. “We’re exploring textural quality of voice and placing spatially. It’s soothing, inviting and engaging.”
Creative Media and Digital Culture students will be present in the gallery to talk about the project and answer questions tonight.
A related work, “Between Rooms and Voices,” an iPod choral performance from Rose’s students, will open at Portland City Hall, 1221 S.W. Fourth Ave., from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Dec. 4-5.
Pre-sale tickets for the Portland shows are now unavailable. Tickets at the door are free but will be first-come, first served.
