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Zarouhie Abdalian's Occasional Music was commissioned by SFMOMA as part of the off-site 2012 SECA Art Award exhibition; the closing date for this public sound installation has been extended to January 20, 2014 and is activated for several minutes once a day. Daily times vary; check online schedule for details.
Location:
Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612
Visitors are encouraged to go to the amphitheater.
Overview:
For Occasional Music (2013), Zarouhie Abdalian's largest public commission to date, the artist programmed brass bells to simultaneously ring from rooftops radiating out from Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, at 14th Street and Broadway in downtown Oakland.
Activated for several minutes once a day at varying times, each bell plays a randomized rhythmic structure of accelerated and slowed tempos, causing them to sound different every time. The surrounding environment, consisting of natural and built elements, also ensures that the ringing is never heard the same way, as the bells articulate space in this downtown area and add to its layered textures. Created for the city where the artist lives, this experience-based work shifts our attention and awareness of this city center, a historic place associated with community gathering, performance, and protest.
Free and open to the public.