Fivesparks

A Multi-Sensory Experience: Sound Creation Performance & Discussion
2024-03-17 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Fivesparks Gallery, 7 Fairbank Street, Harvard, MA, 01451, United States
As part of the shared exhibit A Multi-Sensory Experience: Capturing the Essence of the Local Environment, Christopher Johnson will be performing and demonstrating how he uses his modular synthesizer to build his sound compositions.
His modular synth provides infinite possibilities for new interesting sounds. He will demo how he comes up with his unique sound recordings. Then he will show how he distorts and plays with them to create bizarre and wonderful new soundscapes.
Don’t miss this chance to delve into the specifics of a unique method of producing digital musical soundscapes!! Participants of all ages are welcome and will be invited to create their own sounds to be used in Chris’ synth compositions.
When: Sunday, March 17, 2024, 4-5pm
Where: Fivesparks Gallery
How Much: FREE to all!

A Multi-Sensory Experience: Capturing the Essence of the Local Environment - Through March 30th
2024-02-17 - 2024-03-30 | Fivesparks
Whether hiking through the woods or driving around town, one is enchanted by the sights AND the sounds of the local environment. Yet, most art exhibits only focus on the visual senses when recreating a particular locale. In this multi-sensory exhibition, local artists Chris Johnson and Lisa Nelson will marry sound and vision into one cohesive art experience.

On view February 17 – March 30, 2024.

Reception & Sound Demonstration (open to the public): Sunday, March 3, 2024. 3:00-5:00pm

In addition to the ‘sights and sounds’ exhibition, also on view are works by Lisa Nelson from her collections Encounters of Time and Place and The Natural World – Near and Far.

Based in Ayer, Massachusetts, Lisa Nelson has a BFA in Illustration from the Massachusetts College of Art and has participated in art shows all over the United States, as well as in Mexico and Europe. Her work combines a diverse background in fine art painting, printmaking, graphic design, and illustration with her interest in examining unique locations as well as flora and fauna to see how they fit into the world at large. Currently, she is working on a series of paintings highlighting the beautiful and unique wildlife that can be found throughout the country. As part of that project, she recently took part in a six-month artist residency at the historic Horlock House in Navasota, TX. She is also deeply committed to promoting volunteerism and environmentalism through her work and is working with the Amphibian and Reptile Conservatory in her goal to encourage wildlife preservation.

www.painterlisa.com

Christopher Johnson is a software engineer and multimedia artist based in Ayer, Massachusetts. He draws from a variety of interests to build sonic worlds that allow the listener to explore the landscape of sound. His orchestra of choice is a modular synthesizer providing infinite possibilities for new instruments. He composes music using voltage and wires, combining simple wave-forms and transforming existing sounds into an ever evolving soundscape born as much from science and math as from art.
