About this Event
Painting becomes instrument. Sound becomes structure. The studio becomes a stage.
The Layered Sounds Project is a live interdisciplinary performance created by visual artist Melanie P. Brown and composer and electronic performer Ryan Ingebritsen. During each performance, Brown paints a new work on canvas while two contact microphones capture the subtle vibrations and resonances produced through the act of painting. Every brushstroke, scrape, and movement across the surface becomes part of the sonic material.
Composer Ryan Ingebritsen processes these live signals in real time, transforming the sounds of the canvas into a multi-movement electronic composition. The performance unfolds as a dialogue between image and sound, where painting generates music and music shapes the experience of the painting’s creation.
The result is both a live studio session and an experimental musical performance. A work of visual art emerges while the canvas itself functions as an instrument.
Two short performances will take place during the afternoon. Visitors may attend either performance or stay for both.
Performance Schedule
1:30 PM — Performance One
3:00 PM — Performance Two
Admission
Free and open to the public.
About the Artists
Melanie P. Brown is a visual artist whose practice investigates the physical process of painting and the sensory relationship between material, surface, and gesture.
Ryan Ingebritsen is a composer and electronic performer whose work explores the multidimensional nature of sound through interactions with visual, electronic, and natural environments. He teaches music technology at West Texas A&M University and holds a PhD in Informatics from the University of Illinois and a Master’s degree in Composition from the University of Cincinnati. A Fulbright Scholar and McKnight Foundation Fellow, he has toured internationally as a sound engineer and electronic performer with ICE and eighth blackbird while presenting his own work across the globe.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Oliva Gallery, 3816 West Armitage Avenue, Chicago, United States
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