Los Angeles Tip of Her Tongue: Juliana Snapper + Bora Yoon

WHEN:

2/4/2017

WHERE:

Tip of Her Tongue: Juliana Snapper + Bora Yoon, Los Angeles

DESCRIPTION:

The Broad is pleased to present commissioned, site-specific performances by Juliana Snapper and Bora Yoon – both of whom were on Huffington Post’s recent list of “Fourteen Artists Who Are Transforming the Future of Opera.” Juliana Snapper’s At Each Other’s Throats approaches the building as a body, its interior of vaulted curves and tunneling orifices like an enormous throat and mouth, waiting to speak. Working with mathematician and sound designer Miller Puckette, Snapper taps into the resonant frequencies of the building, intrinsic pitches audible only when certain sounds are breathed into them. She is backed by LA's own Nova Vocal Ensemble and The Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble. New York City vocalist, performer and sound artist Bora Yoon’s Sonic Circulation features interactive live visualist R. Luke DuBois, cristal baschet artist Lenka Morávková, and thereminist extraordinaire Armen Ra. The flow and sonic resonance of their performance, bringing to life works in the Broad collection including Jenny Holzer’s Inflammatory Essays, lead the audience through the arteries of the building, up into the body, down past the membranous heart of the institution (seen through the windows of the Vault), and into the Oculus -- the building’s iconic, eye-like architectural feature. Note: The audience will be standing throughout the evening and walking short distances. Wheelchair accessible. Limited seating for disabled persons. Tickets to this program include same-night access before the program to the museum's galleries starting at 5:30 p.m. Please note that the museum will close to the public as usual at 8 p.m. before doors to the performance open at 8:30 p.m.