Accompany the Fall 2024 exhibition The Desert Turned to Glass at Oakville Galleries, The Glass Key is a sound performance by artist Charles Stankievech.
Temporality and timelessness collide in a sonic composition of field recordings and modular synth, resonating from the architecture of the Trinity Chapel. Marshalling both subterranean and cosmic noise, the work invites viewers to meditate on deep time, deep space, and deep listening. The Glass Key comprises original electromagnetic recordings of the ionosphere, hydrophone recordings of both Arctic ice and Yucatán cenotes, and echoes within Lanzarote's volcanic calderas. The work was originally a commission for James Turrell’s amphitheater Tree of Light, in the Yucatán.
Charles Stankievech is an artist redefining “fieldwork” at the convergence of geopolitics, deep ecologies, and sonic resonances. From the Arctic’s northernmost settlement to the depths of the Pacific Ocean, Stankievech’s practice uncovers the paradoxes of our existence on the planet by engaging with the imperceptible. As a composer he mentored under World Soundscape founder R. Murrary Schafer during his graduate studies, then afterwards with Alvin Lucier at the Atlantic Centre for the Arts leading to the premiere of his work Radiance for Philip Glass’ MATA foundation at ISSUE Project Room, NYC.
FREE ADMISSION
Date: Saturday, November 23, 2024
Time: Doors open at 7:00 PM, Concert begins at 8:00 PM
Location: Trinity Chapel, University of Toronto
