Barry Despenza
Artist in Residence March 2021
Barry Olusegun- Noble Despenza is a multidisciplinary creative who shifts perspective from looking to seeing, and from passive hearing to active listening. Despenza uses musical thinking to illuminate the dynamic and unconscious rhythms of power structures that underlie the perception of time and space through a diversity of media including archival footage, sound design, design and experimental electronic music compositions. Despenza's art investigates the notion of productivity and human presence in what we consider 'thisness' that exists within the sensory ecology.
Geoctions
Geoctions is an immersive spatial sound piece depicting the fuzzy boundaries between acoustic and digital audio spaces that spotlights musically: ctitious geographies, spiritual maps and planetary realms that showcase their innate desire for mental and emotional escapades. Despenza utilizes the space’s enherient reverberation and 4DSOUND technology to create various sonically opulent compositions that take place over short stretches of time. The result is a sensory experience akin to echolocation - to be presented as an installation that will shape and purvey a monolithic auditory power and gravitas.