Susan Philipsz
Prelude in the Form of a Passacaglia (2019)
Sound installation in the Blue Ribbon Garden
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Fri Feb 7, 2020 9am
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Susan Philipsz
Transforming the Blue Ribbon Garden into an enchanted parcours of abstract tones and sounds, Berlin-based artist Susan Philipsz extends and expands Hanns Eisler’s twelve-tone composition for Walter Ruttman’s seminal animated film Opus III, Prelude in form of a Passacaglia (1926), into space. Philipsz recorded each tone of the piece separately on violin. As the tones emanate from different places in the garden and bounce off the reflective curved surfaces of the architecture, they merge with other tones in new and surprising configurations.
In Philipsz’ Prelude in the Form of a Passacaglia (2019), the artist recorded the entire composition on violin, with each of the twelve tones that make up the composition recorded separately. These recordings will be placed throughout the Walt Disney Concert Hall gardens. Expanding and extending into the space has the effect of abstracting the individual notes from the composition as a whole. As each tone bounces off the reflective curved surfaces of the architecture they merge with the other tones in new and surprising configurations.
On display in Walt Disney Concert Hall’s Blue Ribbon Garden from Feb 7–16, Monday-Friday 9AM–5PM, Saturday 10AM–3PM. Also open to LA Phil ticketholders prior to their concert.
