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‘Soundscapes’ at the National Gallery, London (8 July – 6 September 2015)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2015

Georgia Rodgers
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The ‘Soundscapes’ exhibition comprised six paintings displayed individually in darkened rooms, each ‘accompanied’ by a specially composed piece played over loudspeakers. The seven artists (two working as a duo) invited to create musical responses represented a cross-section of disciplines, from wildlife recording, sound installation, film composition, DJing and instrumental composition, and, it must be said, all had some crowd-pulling potential. Given the reviews, one might have expected to discover unspeakable things happening in the depths of the National Gallery; however, I found it to be an interesting and well-executed exhibition which presented some thoughtful sonic responses to great paintings.

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FIRST PERFORMANCES
Information
Tempo , Volume 70 , Issue 275 , January 2016 , pp. 92 - 94
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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References

1 Jonathan Jones, Guardian, 06 July 2015.

2 Laura Cumming, The Observer, 12 July 2015.

3 Ben Luke, Evening Standard, ‘Paintings Should be Seen and Not Heard’, 08 July 2015.