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C. Spencer Yeh Performance
Fisher Performance Room, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesThe Tufts Department of Music and Tufts University Art Galleries are hosting experimental musician and exhibiting artist C. Spencer Yeh for his first Boston-area performance in a decade. Presented in conjunction with the current TUAG exhibition "Impossible Music," Yeh will perform improvisations on violin, voice, and electronics in Distler Hall. One hour before the performance, …
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Friday Activations: Conlon Nancarrow Compositions
Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University 40 Talbot Ave., Medford, United StatesTufts University Art Galleries presents the third of four player piano sessions featuring the boundary-defying work of composer Conlon Nancarrow, in conjunction with the current exhibition "Impossible Music." Nancarrow was one of the first composers to work with “auto-playing” musical instruments, particularly the player piano, because of its ability to perform scores that exceeded human …
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Impossible Music: Playing the Imaginary
Remis Sculpture Court, Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University 40 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesAs part of the ongoing "Impossible Music" exhibition at Tufts University Art Galleries, the Tufts New Music Ensemble — with special guest John McDonald — will perform a selection from Tom Johnson’s "Imaginary Music" series (1974-1975, 1993). Containing a total of 104 scores, these drawings of musical symbols or loose suggestions of notes promote non-linear interpretations, …
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Friday Activations: Conlon Nancarrow Compositions
Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University 40 Talbot Ave., Medford, United StatesTufts University Art Galleries presents the last of four player piano sessions featuring the boundary-defying work of composer Conlon Nancarrow, in conjunction with the current exhibition "Impossible Music." Nancarrow was one of the first composers to work with “auto-playing” musical instruments, particularly the player piano, because of its ability to perform scores that exceeded human …
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Exhibition Closing: Impossible Music
Tufts University Art Galleries, Aidekman Arts Center 40 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesToday is the final day to view the Tufts University Art Galleries exhibition "Impossible Music," a survey of the sonic vanguard. Organized by curator Candice Hopkins and composer, performer, and installation artist Raven Chacon, "Impossible Music" brings together sculptures, sounds, scores, video, and live performances to explore the radical, interdisciplinary potential of conceptual and experimental music. …
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SMFA at Tufts MFA Thesis Exhibition: Through Shifting Lenses
Tufts University Art Galleries, Aidekman Arts Center 40 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesTufts University Art Galleries presents "Through Shifting Lenses," an exhibition of works by 14 graduating Masters of Fine Arts students from the School of The Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) at Tufts. "Through Shifting Lenses" invites audiences to traverse a kaleidoscopic series of shifting perspectives on space, time, identity and imagination. Bringing together works that …
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Artists Reception: SMFA at Tufts MFA Thesis Exhibition
Tufts University Art Galleries, Aidekman Arts Center 40 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesTufts University Art Galleries presents a reception with the 14 graduating Masters of Fine Arts students from the School of The Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) at Tufts whose work is featured in exhibition "Through Shifting Lenses." The exhibition invites audiences to traverse a kaleidoscopic series of shifting perspectives on space, time, identity and imagination. …
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Beverly Semmes: Boulders / Flag / Flip / Kick Artist Conversation + Reception
Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University 40 Talbot Ave., Medford, United StatesJoin us for a public conversation at 6PM at TUAG / Medford (Aidekman Arts Center) with exhibiting artist Beverly Semmes, exhibition curator TUAG Director Dina Deitsch, and Camilo Alvarez followed by a reception celebrating the exhibition. Tufts/SMFA alumna Beverly Semmes (BA/BFA ’82) has built an extensive practice in sculpture, painting, film, performance, and fashion that probes the paradoxes and …
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Panel: Fashion Forward
Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University 40 Talbot Ave., Medford, United StatesSince the early 1990s, Beverly Semmes has created installations and sculptures of enormous dresses—some reaching over three-stories high, others taking over entire gallery spaces. Since those early days, her relationship with fashion has grown and deepened—from sculptures and installations to an ongoing collaboration with fashion designer Jennifer Minniti—CarWash Collective—that creates wearable garments cut and patterned …
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Artist Tour of Beverly Semmes: Boulders / Flag / Flip / Kick
Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University 40 Talbot Ave., Medford, United StatesJoin us to celebrate the closing of Boulders / Flag / Flip / Kick for a tour with the artist, Beverly Semmes in conversation with Jennie Jieun Lee, SMFA Professor of the Practice in Ceramics. This walkthrough of the exhibition will highlight the tactility and materiality of her work in ceramics, textiles, and painting, as well as …
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