In September, “Sonic Arcade: Shaping Space with Sound,” opened at the Museum of Modern Arts and Design (MAD) in New York. Featuring solo and curated artworks by more than 20 artists—including New York–based Louise Foo and Martha Skou—”Sonic Arcade” explores sound as a “material substance” and demonstrates how it can shape a space and influence our interactions with an environment. “At a time when so much visual information is being dispatched, consumed, and digested,” noted MAD’s press release, “the auditory provides a compelling sensory experience that is capable of reorienting the body to consider spatial and interpersonal relationships anew.”
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Each of the interactive installations require physical interaction from the visitors to activate. They create an immersive, auditory and tactile experience crafted solely by using “electronic circuits and signals, radio waves, and resonant bodies,” explained the release.
On view until Feb. 25, the new show occupies three gallery spaces, a stairwell, as well as the Turnstyle underground market located below the MAD in the 59th St. – Columbus Circle subway station. As part of the exhibition, “Sonic Arcade” also features “Noordeman and Wright: Audiowear,” a solo project curated by the Tiffany & Co. Foundation Jewelry Gallery; and “Studio PSK: Polyphonic Playground,” commissioned and curated by the Fashion Space Gallery at the London College of Fashion.
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Jenna Bascom/Courtesy the Museum of Arts and Design
Carlos Jimenez/Courtesy Studio PSK
Katy Davies/Courtesy Studio PSK
Jenna Bascom/Courtesy the Museum of Arts and Design
Jenna Bascom/Courtesy the Museum of Arts and Design
Jenna Bascom/Courtesy the Museum of Arts and Design
Jenna Bascom/Courtesy the Museum of Arts and Design
Jenna Bascom/Courtesy the Museum of Arts and Design
Jenna Bascom/Courtesy the Museum of Arts and Design
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