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Janet Cardiff’s The Forty Part MotetPost an Event »
Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture
November 14 - January 18, 2016Info
- http://fortmason.org/
- (415) 345-7500
Building A San Francisco, CA 94123 Google Map »
SPECIAL EXHIBITION
Gallery 308
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art co-present the California debut of Janet Cardiff’s immersive sound installation The Forty Part Motet. The Forty Part Motet is a 40-part choral performance of English composer, Thomas Tallis’s 16th-century composition Spem in Alium, sung by the Salisbury Cathedral Choir. The performance is played in a 14-minute loop that includes 11 minutes of singing and 3 minutes of intermission.
Individually recorded parts are projected through 40 speakers arranged inward in an oval formation, allowing visitors to walk throughout the installation, listening to individual voices along with the whole. Cardiff’s layering of voices creates an emotionally evocative sound sculpture that feels intimate, even within a public space.
Admission is free. Advance tickets are strongly recommended due to limited capacity. Same day walk-up tickets will be offered as available.
The Forty Part Motet by Janet Cardiff is co-presented by Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Kind loan support is provided by the Kramlich Collection and Tate, through the Tate Americas Foundation.