Atmosphere of Sound, PST ART / UCLA

Resident Artist in the four year long research project Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption at the UCLA Art|Sci Center, part of PST Art a Los Angeles wide Getty Initiative. A new installation How You Shimmer: Sound Portal for Whale Bubbles (2024) creates an immersive composition of underwater connection using sound, glass, bronze and projected moving light.

“If the scale and complexity of climate change exceeds the limits of human perception, how can artists represent it? Atmosphere of Sound examines how sound-based artists, responding to the climate crisis, have found a unique point of entry to this representational challenge. Sound art, as a medium, evades and challenges the certainty often associated with the sense of sight. The inherent ambiguities of sound can help audiences understand the rapidly shifting state of the climate and its effects on the physical world. Immersive, interactive installations, live performances, and videos by 13 artists activates the campus environment to engage audiences in deep reflection on the climate crisis.”

“PST ART: Art & Science Collide will create opportunities for civic dialogue around some of the most urgent problems of our time by exploring past and present connections between art and science in a series of exhibitions, public programs, and other resources. Project topics range from climate change and environmental justice to the future of artificial intelligence and alternative medicine.”