Be sure to check out The Forty Part Motet by installation artist Janet Cardiff at the AGO, Toronto. Stick around for the end of the piece to hear the funny surprise at the end.
Click here for more info on the exhibition on ’til Aug. 18, 2013
Comments by the artist:
“While listening to a concert you are normally seated in front of the choir, in traditional audience position. With this piece I want the audience to be able to experience a piece of music from the viewpoint of the singers. Every performer hears a unique mix of the piece of music. Enabling the audience to move throughout the space allows them to be intimately connected with the voices. It also reveals the piece of music as a changing construct. As well I am interested in how sound may physically construct a space in a sculptural way and how a viewer may choose a path through this physical yet virtual space. (Cardiff-Miller)