LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — For the fourth year, the Catskill Art Space (CAS) will celebrate Pride (LGBTQIA+) Month with a special month-long installation and performance from the queer-identifying and Roscoe local Terry Dame at 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 1.
Dame, a sound artist and creative technologist, will present an interactive, geographically specific sound installation during the month of June in the second-floor River Gallery.
Viewer participation is encouraged.
“Sonic Graphite: The Catskills Edition” is an interactive, geographically specific sound installation created by Dame. Inspired by the artist’s love of nature, sound and maps, the project involves recording and transforming sound environments from specific geographic areas into creative materials used to build a work of sonic, and visual art.
Participants draw on a large wall-mounted paper canvas with sound-triggering graphite bars hanging over the surface. The “sonic pencils” trigger a combination of virtual instruments created using field-recorded sound gathered from the Southern Catskills region, which Dame then digitally manipulates into “playable” sounds and more recognizable traditional musical sounds. As participants draw on the surface, sounds are triggered, and a spontaneous composition is created.
Over the course of the installation, a work of visual art will evolve, created by the public, inspired by the sounds of the Catskills.
Major underwriting support is provided by the Sullivan Catskills Visitors Association, with support from local businesses including Bā & Me, Bodies & Plants, Concrete + Water, Catskills Pride, Country House Realty, Drooz and Company, The High Meadow Project, Jitterbug, Long Weekend, One Grand, Spruce Home Goods, Sunshine Colony and 2 Queens Coffee.
The exhibit will be on display from Thursday, June 6 through Monday, July 8.
Learn more about the work and the artist at www.catskillartspace.org.