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new audio work debuts

By Barry Anderson on November 15, 2009 12:15 PM | No Comments

My newest piece, an audio wall scuplture titled Somnambulance (1), debuted this past Friday at the Review Studios annual residents' exhibition in the studio gallery. It changed quite a bit from the first version that was being installed (posted here earlier in the week). The piece consists of 6 speakers mounted on the walls in a corner of the gallery with the speaker wires creating a sort of drawing as they are pulled over the top edge of the walls. A subwoofer is hidden behind the walls. The audio is a Dolby 5.1 track which allows the sounds to move throughout the speaker configuration. The audio is composed of 30 layers of sound appropriated from obscure mid-century soundtracks and spoken word.

installation of new work

By Barry Anderson on November 10, 2009 12:14 PM | No Comments

I began installing my new speaker piece, Somnambulance (1), at Review Studios yesterday. The piece will be part of the annual studio residents group exhibition, which opens this coming Friday 6-9pm.

There and Back Again reception

By Barry Anderson on September 24, 2009 2:17 PM | No Comments

We had the reception for the Art Through Architecture commission, There and Back Again, yesterday evening at the offices of the National Center for Drug Free Sport in Kansas City.

A good crowd of architects, artists, critics, and patrons showed up to view the piece and to hear a brief talk about the project by myself, Kate Hackman (Charlotte Street Fund), Josh Shelton (el dorado architects), and Frank Uryasz (Drug Free Sport).

A great spread of local cheese was provided by Tony Glamcevski and his Green Dirt Farm.

first billboards in Syracuse

By Barry Anderson on August 19, 2009 4:48 AM | No Comments

During the run of Intermissions in Syracuse, Light Work will be presenting 10-12 billboards around the city center in Syracuse. This one, showing Pigeon and situated downtown near the Everson Museum, is one of the first up.

getting the word out for AtA

By Barry Anderson on July 25, 2009 10:46 AM | No Comments

My Art Through Architecture commission for Drug Free Sport has been getting some internet attention this past week.

Charlotte Street Foundation blog
Brennan + Company Architects blog
Design News blog
Art Daily blog

UVP tests

By Barry Anderson on July 14, 2009 11:43 PM | No Comments

One of the components of the Syracuse project is to project a number of my recent video animations onto buildings in downtown Syracuse under the Urban Video Project. Last night we tested out some of the projections (Op Eyes is seen here) and took photos for the catalog. Once the videos are ready they will be set to run dusk-to-dawn from mid-August to mid-October.

Light Work progress

By Barry Anderson on July 13, 2009 11:07 AM | No Comments

We're almost finished installing the speakers for the new installation at Light Work. I'm working on wiring all of the amps today and should have it all done by tomorrow.

installation begins at Light Work

By Barry Anderson on July 10, 2009 9:50 PM | No Comments

Installation of Fragments, Spirits, Dust Bunnies, my new piece for Light Work, has begun in Syracuse. Right now I'm placing black circles on the walls to determine the placement of 6" speakers to be mounted. We're hoping to have all of the speakers mounted and wired by Monday.

DFS commission installed

By Barry Anderson on July 9, 2009 2:15 PM | No Comments

The Drug Free Sport commission piece is finally installed. There are a couple more color tweeks to be done on it but it's currently on view nonetheless.

There will be an open house and possible artist discussion about it held for local architects, critics, and DFS employees sometime within the next couple of months.

article in Architecture Magazine

By Barry Anderson on June 19, 2009 9:47 AM | No Comments

My commission for Drug Free Sport is mentioned in an article on el dorado in the new issue of Architect Magazine.

final installation sketch for DFS commission

By Barry Anderson on May 28, 2009 5:53 AM | No Comments

This is the final Photoshop mockup for the three-channel video commissioned by the National Center for Drug Free Sport. The video animation is still in the works but will hopefully be done within the next couple of weeks.

commission for Drug Free Sport lobby

By Barry Anderson on February 27, 2009 12:33 PM | No Comments

I found out yesterday that I was awarded the commission to create art for the lobby of the National Center for Drug Free Sport. I'll be working with Josh Shelton of el dorado architects to create a new video piece. I proposed a multi-channel video "frieze" above the reception desk, using circular masks on the video monitors, but I have a feeling the design will change quite a bit before it's over. It's going to be a fairly quick project and will probably be completed in 4-8 weeks.

This is a direction I've wanted to take my work for some time, so I'm very excited to get started.

Op Eyes installation view

By Barry Anderson on December 10, 2008 10:35 AM | No Comments

I finally got some installation images for Op Eyes showing in the Oppenheimer New Media Gallery at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art. The projection is approx. 18 ft. x 10 ft. and is being shown from Blu-ray disc.

location scouting in Syracuse

By Barry Anderson on October 10, 2008 9:22 PM | No Comments

Light Work director Hannah Frieser and I spent about five hours today scouting locations for my exhibition coming up at Light Work in 2009. We visited Syracuse University's Art Galleries, Warehouse Gallery, Point of Contact, Delavan Art Gallery, and Spark, as well as numerous buildings around SU's campus which have public LCD screens. Our thought is to install video "interventions" at various spots around the city and campus. These interventions could take the form of projections on the sides of buildings or small LCD monitors installed in conspicuous places.

public video in Providence

By Barry Anderson on March 10, 2008 4:08 PM | No Comments

My video Vertical Blinds (2) is on view at Roger Williams University in Providence, RI, until March 21, 2007. This is part of a new series being curated by Megan and Murray McMillan.

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