A public audio art experience commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
Interactive, GPS-activated audio art. Participants' movements activate sonic expressions of the unseen world.
An outdoor experience for individuals to participate in at the time and site of their choosing.
Near one of the parks?
Tap the site nearest you.
Just download Gesso, go the the park and the app will guide you...
WHERE
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Invisible Museum of Gravity in Lincoln Park
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Invisible Museum of Sound Waves in Winnemac Park
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Invisible Museum of Air in Washington Park
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Invisible Museum of Reflections in Douglass Park
CHICAGO
Individuals can experience the piece at the time and designated site(s) of their choosing.
WHEN
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This artwork is part of The Long Dream exhibition and is available November 7, 2020 through January 21, 2021.
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Your park trip will take approximately 30-60 minutes, depending on your unique choices.
Whenever you want.
November 7 2020 - May 2 2021.
HOW
- Download the Gesso app
(link at top of page).
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Open the app and click "always enable location." You will be prompted to set up an account.
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The app will automatically open to Chicago if you are around the city and will show the Invisible Museum closest to your location.
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Charge your phone and bring a pair of headphones with you to the park you choose.
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Once you physically arrive at the park, the app will instruct you on how to begin your experience.
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Download, arrive, experience. Learn how:
WHAT
Via the Gesso app’s GPS-triggered audio platform, upon entering one of the work’s designated sites, participants' movements activate and create auditory architecture. The work exists in two realms of the unseen: the architecture of the imaginary museum and the contents of the museum’s unseen “galleries.” As one decides which paths to follow, museum spaces are rendered. Each space contains the artist’s sonic interpretations of the unseen force that your museum pays homage to — sound waves, air, reflections, or gravity. Unseen galleries examine concepts including: the length of individual sound waves surrounding your exact location, the influence of biology and geography on hearing, supergravity, invisibility cloaking devices, and air pressure.
Participants are both builder and visitor. The work consciously notes the body's relationship with invisible forces and explores the question: is our world just a sensory illusion constructed of an infinite number of invisible building blocks?
Layers of the unseen.
WHO
Info on the team coming shortly...
Special thanks to: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Gesso, NASA, LIGO LAB, Dr. Diana Deutsch, Billie Howard, and Cinchel.
To learn more on some of the musical backdrops used and created for the work, please visit:
You are both builder and visitor.
Created for you, by Jeanette Andrews and supported by a team of incredible people.
Studio and making of:
MOBILE USERS:
WHERE:
CHICAGO: Individuals can experience the piece at the time and designated site(s) of their choosing.
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Invisible Museum of Gravity in Lincoln Park
-
Invisible Museum of Sound Waves in Winnemac Park
-
Invisible Museum of Air in Washington Park
-
Invisible Museum of Reflections in Douglass Park
HOW:
Download, arrive, experience.
Download the Gesso app
(link at top of page).
-
Open the app and click "always enable location." You will be prompted to set up an account.
-
The app will automatically open to Chicago if you are around the city and will show the Invisible Museum closest to your location.
-
Charge your phone and bring a pair of headphones with you to the park you choose.
-
Once you physically arrive at the park, the app will instruct you on how to begin your experience.
-
When:
Anytime you want. November 7-January 21.
-
This artwork is part of The Long Dream exhibition and is available November 7, 2020 through January 21, 2021.
-
Your park trip will take approximately 30-60 minutes, depending on your unique choices.
What:
Layers of the unseen.
Via the Gesso app’s GPS-triggered audio platform, upon entering one of the work’s designated sites, participants' movements activate and create auditory architecture. The work exists in two realms of the unseen: the architecture of the imaginary museum and the contents of the museum’s unseen “galleries.” As one decides which paths to follow, museum spaces are rendered. Each space contains the artist’s sonic interpretations of the unseen force that your museum pays homage to — sound waves, air, reflections, or gravity. Unseen galleries examine concepts including: the length of individual sound waves surrounding your exact location, the influence of biology and geography on hearing, supergravity, invisibility cloaking devices, and air pressure.
Participants are both builder and visitor. The work consciously notes the body's relationship with invisible forces and explores the question: is our world just a sensory illusion constructed of an infinite number of invisible building blocks?
Info on the team coming shortly...
Special thanks to: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Gesso, NASA, LIGO LAB, Dr. Diana Deutsch, Billie Howard, and Cinchel.
To learn more on some of the musical backdrops used and created for the work, please visit:
I expressly agree and promise to accept and assume all of the risks existing in this work. I hereby voluntarily release, forever discharge, and agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Jeanette Andrews from any and all claims, demands, or causes of action, which are in any way connected with my participation in Invisible Museums of the Unseen.