ST. LOUIS, MO – The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts and KDHX Independent Media are pleased to celebrate the final sounding of stylus with Ann Hamilton and the St. Louis community. This special event offers the public the opportunity to participate in a series of activities. Come ready to join with your voices, your hands and your ears.
stylus Finale—A Sounding will take place on Saturday, January 22 from 10am–8pm, in conjunction with the closing of the exhibition stylus—a project by Ann Hamilton. This event is free and open to the public. Visitors may come and go freely.
Join Ann Hamilton in animating the installation through improvised readings from the project’s weekly published concordances. During this all-day “voice marathon,” Ann, members of her studio and the Pulitzer staff will invite visitors and contributors of past stylus programming to read out loud in an address to Ellsworth Kelly’s Blue Black. These readings will culminate when visitors are invited to put on paper hands from the installation and join in a “Chorus of Waving Hands.” The artist describes this collective act as resembling “the swarming of a flock of birds” and returning to her initial response to St Louis with the image of a hand, “raised and moving to signal departure or welcome, recognition or attention—a greeting expressive at a distance, greater than the reach of the voice calling or the ear reaching to hear.”
We are also pleased to announce a Performance by DJ Ruckus Roboticus, whose music has been featured on Nickelodeon, MTV, the Disney Channel, Numark and LOGO TV. His family-friendly, experimental remixes of children’s music will explore new perspectives of stylus. He will perform two 55-minute sets at 1pm and 2:30pm.
A final sound waves will be held from 6pm to 8pm. sound waves has been a series of music shows organized by 88.1 KDHX and the Pulitzer during stylus. For stylus Finale—A Sounding, KDHX DJs Nico Leone and Ryan Heinz (Coin-Operated Radio) will spin sets of folk, indie rock and hip hop. Musicians and singers will accompany them. Refreshments will be served.
stylus Finale—A Sounding SCHEDULE
Voice Marathon Readings to Blue Black 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
by Ann Hamilton and Others
Ruckus Roboticus 1:00 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.
Music for the entire family
Chorus of Waving Hands 5:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
sound waves finale 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Music from many traditions
For further information on the Pulitzer’s exhibition stylus—a project by Ann Hamilton, visit http://annhamilton.pulitzerarts.org/. The Pulitzer is open on Wednesdays from noon-5pm Thursdays from 6pm-9pm and Saturdays from 10am- 5pm. Admission is free.
About the Pulitzer
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts seeks to foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of art and architecture. Through works of art, programs, library facility and collaborations with other cultural and educational institutions, the Foundation serves artists, architects, scholars, students and the general public. Integral to the Foundation's mission is the experience of its building, which provides a tranquil place for contemplation, enjoyment and study.
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