“A playground for the ears.” —Stephan Moore, Curator and Artistic Director EXHIBITION CATALOGUE Y22443CGS_caramoor_v1_Layout 1 4/16/14 2:56 PM Page 1 1 LIFE HAPPENS AROUND FOOD.® the A-LINEADby SSAEL A GRUBER ERRY T PHOTO: PHOTO: assael.com 212 819 0060 @GPfood CATERING | EVENTS | VENUES | SERVICE | DESIGN 212.727.2424 B:8.375 in T:7.25 in S:6.75 in 3 CONTENTS 7 Letter from Jeffrey P. Haydon,Chief Executive Officer, Caramoor 7 Letter from Stephan Moore, Curator, In the Garden of Sonic Delights 8 Caramoor Events 2014 Summer–Fall 11 About the Presenter: Caramoor 29 About the Curator: Stephan Moore 34 Sponsor Information 35 Caramoor Trustees and Staff ARTISTS’ BIOGRAPHIES AND ARTWORKS 12 Laurie Anderson and Bob Bielecki: We Fall Like Light 13 Ranjit Bhatnagar: Stone Song 14 Bob Bielecki: Multiple works 15 Betsey Biggs: Sunken Gardens 16 Eli Keszler: Catenary 17 Aaron Taylor Kuffner:Gamelatron Sanctuary: Suara Sinar 18 Annea Lockwood and Bob Bielecki: Wild Energy 19 Francisco López: The [Music] Room 20 Stephan Moore: Diacousticon 21 John Morton: Usonia PRESENTS 22 Bruce Odland: Seven Bells for Stone Barns 23 Ed Osborn: Palm House Transect 24 Scott Smallwood: Coronium 3500 (Lucie’s Halo) 25 Suzanne Thorpe: Listening Is As Listening Does 15 commissioned, 26 Trimpin: The Pianohouse site-specific works 27 Stephen Vitiello and Bob Bielecki: You Are The Sweet Spot B:11.125 in PaRTNER ORGANIZATIONS S:9.5 in T:10 in T:10 by 16 sound artists in 30 Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (HVCCA) 30 Jacob Burns Film Center six prestigious 31 Lyndhurst 31 Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College, SUNY locations across 31 Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture Westchester County, NY. 32–33 MAPS Caramoor Executive Leadership: Jeffrey P. Haydon,Chief Executive Officer; Paul Rosenblum, Managing Director; Nina Curley, VP / Chief Development Officer; Tahra Millan, VP / Chief Marketing Officer; Tammy Belanger, VP / Chief Financial Officer In the Garden of Sonic Delights Leadership: Stephan Moore, Curator and Artistic Director; Paul Rosenblum, Executive Producer; Melanie Armer, Producer Caramoor Artistic Administration: Ellie Gisler, Artistic Coordinator; Kimberly Hawkey, Artistic Assistant Exhibition Catalogue Editor: Mary Cornell Exhibition Catalogue Design: Adam Neumann / aanstudio.com Caramoor Grounds & Performance Photos: Gabe Palacio Photography, Katonah, NY Cover photo: Ornamental gate, Sunken Garden, Caramoor. Photo by Gabe Palacio. Publisher & Advertising Sales: Liza Reiss, R-Way Enterprises In the Garden of Sonic Delights Exhibition Catalogue is distributed to exhibition visitors. Photo by Gabe Palacio It is also displayed on the Caramoor website, caramoor.org All Artists and Artworks are subject to change without notice. For updates visit gardenofsonicdelights.org ©2014 Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Inc. All rights reserved. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts 149 Girdle Ridge Road PO Box 816 Katonah, NY 10536 General Information: 914.232.5035. Box Office: 914.232.1252 caramoor.org June 7 – November 2, 2014 42205RL_Corp_Caramoor_Mag_JRNL_Ad.indd 1 5/6/14 6:58 PM AD19886_SU14-Corp_Caramoor_Mag_JRNL_Ad Date: 05/6/14 06:58PM Proofreader Page: 1 Project Mgr Studio Ad Design MISC. PRINT SPECS Artist: Angela Graphic Service Stock: N/A Round 1 Brand Mgr Quantity: N/A Inks: CMYK Approved to Release Notes/Misc: N/A PACE UNIVERSITY: (ARE YOU LISTENING?) TRANSFORMING FOR TOMORROW ound is part of our everyday experience, yet how well do we actually understand sound? How often do we take the time to listen to its nuances? How can sound teach us more about the world around us…and even ourselves? SWe are thrilled to explore the world of sound in an inspiring new way with In the Garden of Sonic Delights at Caramoor and at our five partner sites throughout Westchester County. Enjoy walking through gardens and historic architecture to hear (and sometimes see) a new world of sound. In the Caramoor tradition, experience work by today’s most innovative emerging artists alongside of the legends of our time. Also discover the connections between sound, music, science, environment, architecture, math, history, landscape, and so much more. We invite you to enjoy the gardens at Caramoor, tour the Rosen House with its storied history, enjoy a picnic, stay (and return often!) for a performance, and….most importantly….LISTEN to a lush world of sound. Please tell us about your experience while you’re here, or online. Our new student center, above, is just one of many improvements Enjoy! currently underway as part of a major transformation of Pace’s Pleasantville, NY, campus. We’re also creating new residence halls, an enriched athletic program, an enhanced environmental center, Jeffrey P. Haydon Photo by Gabe Palacio and other state-of-the-art facilities. Come see for yourself! We’re just Chief Executive Officer 20 minutes from Caramoor. www.pace.edu Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts “OPEN YOUR eaRS AND YOUR MIND We have provided families with expert WILL FOLLOW.”—Trimpin insurance advice for over 100 years. Just a few words on what I think is most special about sound art, and this exhibition: by its nature, sound art is very sensitive to its environment. I am especially proud that each of the fifteen Photo by Gabe Palacio artworks we are presenting are newly commissioned, inspired by and in dialogue with the locations where you find them. As spring n behalf of everyone whose hard work is represented here, I becomes summer and summer becomes autumn, that dialogue will am proud and excited to welcome you to In the Garden of Sonic be in continual evolution. I invite you to return again and again, in Delights. Like the famous Hieronymous Bosch painting whose morning, midday, and evening, to witness this progression. title we have adapted, the landscape across Westchester Also, like music, sound art is a medium that unfolds in time. As a Let us help you protect OCounty is now teeming with new creations both strange and wonderful. consequence, this exhibition cannot be fully appreciated by casually Visiting the entire exhibition is encouraged — the journey you undertake strolling through it. Please allow yourself to slow down and spend a your valuable possessions will afford you an up-close look at six of the region’s most unique and while with each work. Your attention will be rewarded by discoveries exceptional cultural institutions, each with much to offer and providing — altered perceptions, details brought into focus, and previously many reasons to return. unnoticed connections revealed. As one of our artists, Trimpin, says, When I began work on this project, now more than six years ago, I “Open your ears and your mind will follow.” became entranced with Caramoor’s beauty and fascinated with its It has been an immense pleasure as well as a privilege to work with history. Learning of Caramoor founder Lucie Rosen's commitment the artists, and with the dedicated staff at Caramoor and each of the to the theremin, and her enthusiastic patronage of new expression partner organizations, to bring this exhibition to life. Please join us in the arts, convinced me that sound art already had a home at in celebrating and enjoying this unique exhibition for what it is — a Caramoor, if only we could bring the artists. The grounds that she playground for the ears! and Walter Rosen designed are festooned with quiet corners, secret paths, and mysterious spaces, each ready to provide inspiration and collaboration. Accordingly, my role as a curator has happily focused less on fulfilling a philosophical brief and more on brokering good relationships between excellent artists and these amazing locations. Charles Johnson 212.297.1483 [email protected] www.dewittstern.com The opportunity to partner with five additional organizations has Stephan Moore only made the boundaries for our creativity larger, and our collective Curator and Artistic Director, experience richer. In the Garden of Sonic Delights 7 Summer/ Fall 2014 August 2 Pat Metheny Unity Group Bruce Hornsby with Sonny Emory July 31, August 1 and August 3 July 26 Cécile McLorin Salvant June 28 Rosanne Cash Campfire Tour 2014 Alisa Weilerstein June 21 July 4 July 17 July 27 Opening Night: Joshua Bell, Pops, Patriots & Fireworks Bel Canto Showcase: 2014 Jazz Festival A full day of Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Westchester Symphonic Winds with Daniel Mobbs, bass-baritone Jazz that begins with 12-year-old Cristian Mâcelaru, conductor Broadway’s Ryan Silverman Songs by Mozart, Schubert and piano sensation Emily Bear and Ligeti; Sibelius; Bizet Curt Ebersole, conductor Wagner, plus ensembles with the Bel closes with headliner Arturo Opening Night Gala An evening of patriotic music, Canto Young Artists O’Farrill and his Grammy- picnics on the lawn, and fireworks winning Afro-Latin Jazz June 22 after the concert. July 18 Orchestra. Manuel Barrueco & Opera: Lucrezia Borgia by July 5 Beijing Guitar Duo: China West Gaetano Donizetti (Repeat July 31 Patti LuPone: Far Away Places Performance) The two-time Tony Award winner Alisa Weilerstein, cello, June 25 2014 Artist-in-Residence Dancing at Dusk (Family Fun) takes us on a musical journey, July 19 accompanied by a five-piece band. Opera: Rigoletto by Giuseppe Britten; Golijov; J.S. Bach; Z. Kodaly June 26 Verdi, Bel Canto at Caramoor July 6 with Georgia Jarman, soprano The Intimate Donizetti: Orchestra of St. Luke’s; Orchestra of St. Luke’s August 1 Chamber Music and Jeffrey Kahane, pianist, conductor Will Crutchfield,conductor Alisa Weilerstein Vocal Ensembles Copland’s Appalachian Spring; with Ariel Quartet Bel Canto Young Artists/ Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony; July 20 Boccherini; Arensky; Schubert Edward Arron & Friends, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 In the Garden of Sonic Delights Edward Arron, August 2 July 9 A large-scale art exhibition cello and Artistic Director that explores the relationships Pat Metheny Unity Group (←→) Dancing at Dusk (Family Fun) Bruce Hornsby between sound, nature, history, June 27 July 10 and architecture through 15 with Sonny Emory Edward Arron & Friends, Introductions: Benjamin Beilman, commissioned, site-specific works Campfire Tour 2014 A Joyful Reunion of violin; Andrew Tyson, piano by 16 sound artists.