By Luke Clark | Project Co-Director
We are pleased to announce that we are in the final stages of discussions with University College Florida (UCF) for the Progeny Sound Installation to be installed in the UCF Art Gallery for a period of 2-3 months in Summer of 2016.
Thank you to everyone for helping take The Progeny Project to the next level!
In September, Bryce and I were able to meet again in Florida to work on updating our information pack, which now details exactly how to install and transport the work. We were also able to inventory the long list of materials and equipment needed for future exhibitions. We also made some positive contacts in New York with a view to exhibiting in New York following the prospective show at UCF.
We would like to especially thank Roy Hester for his considerable and most generous support in storing the installation for 2 years in his furniture storage facility. We have now moved the installation out from this facility.
We are still aiming to take Progeny to another US State in 2016. We believe our unique Sound Installation is an inspiring space for public interaction and artistic collaboration. Through our education programs, it is our goal to spark dialogue around the themes of our project; the community and our environment.
We are both grateful for the support all donors have given to our project which enabled us to produce the work and to undertake the first exhibition and program of education and events.
If you are able to contribute towards the project or to let others know about our work we would be very grateful. Thank you for your continued support.
We wish you our very best,
Luke and Bryce
The Progeny Project
Progeny is an indoor interactive architectural sound installation modeled after a Langstroth beehive. The artists/curators have figuratively become beekeepers, transporting the structure measuring 24 x 24 x 9 ft on a flatbed truck. Through public engagement, performance and collaboration an opportunity is presented for an audience to evolve, learn, adapt and interact.
The project is the result of three years of research and partnership, working in concert with the agricultural community, structural engineers and sound experts.
Progeny is designed whereby every unit is constructed using 4’ x 8’ frames, including walls and flooring. Ten independent walls create nine narrow corridors 24 ft in length. The narrow width of each corridor compels close public interaction. The space above the walls is designed without a joining ceiling. 32 contact microphones under the flooring of the structure pick up the vibrations of people’s footsteps. These, alongside 16 microphones within the walls, transmit sound to 36 speakers throughout the installation.
Emulating the systematic migratory procession beekeepers undertake carrying up to 400 hives on flatbed trucks to temporary locations, this travelling time-based work explores the point at which an artwork is ready for the viewer. Progeny’s journey from one location to another is as much part of the work as when it is assembled for public exhibition. It is neither stationary in its physical or intellectual state, constantly evolving through travel and through the communities it interacts with. This journey is documented by film and online media and forms part of future exhibitions.
In location, Progeny becomes an instrument or a platform for public interaction and artistic collaboration, providing unique opportunities for the audience to experience and engage with the work.
The project includes an education program that encourages children and adults to care for our natural environment, and which also explores the theme of community by using bee society as a comparative model.
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