Light Work to premiere music collaboration as part of ‘Intermissions’

In conjunction with the gallery reception and lecture for “Intermissions,” the innovative art exhibition and related programs featuring the video and photographic art of Kansas City artist Barry Anderson, Light Work will premiere a musical/video collaboration, “Genome of the Soul,” between Anderson and local composer Andrew Waggoner at the event, Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 6 p.m. The gallery reception will run from 5-8 p.m.

Waggoner composed a unique piece of music in collaboration with Anderson, who then created the accompanying visual components. As part of the gallery reception and lecture on Tuesday, Sept. 29, Waggoner’s group, the Open End Ensemble (Nurit Pacht, violin; Andrew Waggoner, violin; Tawnya Popoff, viola; and Caroline Stinson, cello), will perform the music composition live with the video. This will be the first performance of the piece, and will be a premiere that should not be missed.

According to Waggoner, “The music for ‘Genome of the Soul’ grew both out of chats with Barry Anderson about his work; our work; the nature of work itself; and out of getting to know his work directly, which I liked immediately and have grown now to love. It is deep, strange, funny and beautiful … Sometimes seen as clouds, sometimes as the inner reaches of a Mandelbrot set, the environments Barry creates are vast and enveloping; moving through them is like a stroll through the collective unconscious, like a plunge into the cultural DNA; it is this quality that gave rise to the title ‘Genome of the Soul.’” In his words, “The music echoes much of what happens in an Anderson piece, without trying directly to imitate or create an exact match. Long, slow patterns—a different one for each instrument—converge in a series of chords that feel to me deeply expressive without being personal.”

“Intermissions” is a citywide art exhibition of videos and photography by Anderson. It is shown across more than a dozen venues, including billboards and window installations, and projected on buildings. Intermissions has received generous support from the Central New York Community Foundation; SU’s Division of Student Affairs through co-curricular funding; the 2009 Syracuse Symposium, themed “Light”; and Lamar Outdoor Advertising.

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By Jessica Heckman (315) 443-1300