NEW MUSIC DETROIT: SAND AND STONE

at Wasserman Projects / Friday, December 9, 2022

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Sand & Stone draws inspiration from Janus, Matter Design's megalithic concrete sculpture, serving as a monument of contradictions and anchor point for the exhibition on view at Wasserman Projects.

Based on the Roman god of transitions, Janus simultaneously looks to the past and the future. With a mass of 2,000 kilograms, the concrete sculpture is surprisingly animated and light in its existence, capable of being manipulated by hand to oscillate in all directions.

The collection of works in dialogue with Janus are formed of concrete, dyed rope, and wood, all materials embedded with their own ancient histories. Utilizing advanced data processing and 3D modeling, sculptures such as Biggers' Nesting Venus depicts the archaic Venus de Milo nestled within the paleolithic Venus of Willendorf - reimagined in a new context, transformed and infused with contemporary cultural and historical implications.

In Wasserman Works, Alyssa Taylor Wendt's series From Within, contains a series of sculptures resembling canopic jars used in ancient burials, embodying ideas of inherited memory.

The musical program is a parallel reflection upon duality and the deep entanglement of the old with the new.

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Performers

Percussion: Joe Becker

Cello: Úna O'Riordan

Violin: Yuri Popowycz

Piano: Justin Snyder

Voice: Jocelyn Zelasko Conselva

Concert program curated by Justin Snyder

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PROGRAM

Veiled (2019)

- Niloufar Nourbakhsh

Ear, Skin, and Bone Riddles (2011)

- Marcos Balter

Shiosai (2012)

- Noriko Baba

Less Is More (2017)

- Molly Joyce

The Reflecting Pool (1999)

- Leo Chadburn

The Understanding of All Things (2013/15/19)

- Kate Soper

Opponent Process (2013)

- Jamie Hamilton

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