Pioneering German sound artist Christina Kubisch visits Brown as part of the MEME program’s visiting artist series. She will hold two events which are free and open to the public:
Weds, 9/29 8pm
Grant Recitial Hall, behind Orwig Music Building, Hope and Young Orchard Streets — Screening of her new film WAVE CATCHER (2010) about her work with electromagnetic induction in her sound installations and sound walks.
Thurs, 9/30 4pm
List Auditorium, 64 College Street — Public presentation of her work and career with audience Q+A
Christina Kubisch is an artist whose pieces take form as sound installations, sound sculptures, electroacoustic compositions, and works with light. She is recognized as one of the pioneers in the field of sound art and has been a leading figure in it for over three decades. Her “electrical walks” have received particular notice for their accessibility, listener engagement, and sensitivity to site. Since the mid-seventies she has has exhibited worldwide in solo and group exhibitions including Venice Biennale (1980, 1982), Documenta 8 (Kassel, 1987), Ars Electronica (Linz, 1987, 2008), the Biennale of Sydney (1990), the Sonambiente Festival (Berlin, 1996), and the Singuhr-Hörgalerie (Berlin, 2002) among many others. She is a professor for sound art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Saarbrücken, Germany, and is a member of the Berlin’s Akademie der Künste. She lives and works in Hoppegarten, Germany, just outside Berlin.