Sound Constructions
Sound Constructions is a collaboration between “leading composer-performers” (The New York Times) Nina C. Young, Leilehua Lanzilotti, and Senem Pirler. Originating as a multimedia performance piece with live projection and sound processing, the work has taken on site-specific installation performance iterations, such as the one created on and for the Montalvo Arts Center below. Using a combination of found objects from the grounds and sound sculptures built from industrial materials, the mobile sculptures invite interplay. The installation is an exploration of these objects and presence, asking: How does taking things out of their natural environment create tension? With closeness of both the visual projections and style of amplification, are we actually closer to the objects and/or each other? As we have collected these things in order to build an environment, how do we touch them, give them focus, and ultimately let them go?
Metal sound sculptures by Morfbeats. Mobile speaker sculptures by Lanzilotti, Pirler, and Young. Photographs by Lanzilotti.
Past Performances
Saturday, February 23, 2019 — Sound Constructions performed by by Lanzilotti, Pirler, Young, and special guest Adam Morford, The Music District, Fort Collins, CO
Saturday, July 28, 2018 – Sound Constructions performed by Lanzilotti, Pirler, and Young at Arts Letters & Numbers, NY
Thursday, June 28, 2018 — Sound Constructions performed by Lanzilotti, Pirler, and Young at Montalvo Arts Center (in partnership with Art Forum), Saratoga, California
Monday, May 14, 2018 — Sound Constructions performed by Lanzilotti, Pirler, and Young at Metropolis Space, New York, NY