By Luke Aaron Clark | Artist
We are thrilled to confirm that Progeny has been invited for its next solo exhibition at University College Florida (UCF). The exhibition will run from August 1st until September 2nd, 2016.
Once again, thank you for your support in helping to make this next step a reality.
We continue to work hard on developing the project further, including:
We are both grateful for the support each donor has given to our project, enabling us to produce the work and to undertake the first exhibition and program of education and events at Atlantic Centre for the Arts.
We anticipate creating a fundraiser within the coming months, to help with the costs of this next show and for future costs relating to a show in New York. If you know of appropriate venues in New York, or, if you are able to contribute towards the project or to let others know about our work, we would be very grateful.
We believe our unique sound installation is an inspiring space for public interaction, artistic collaboration and education.
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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