Neuberger Museum of Art Presents Outdoor Sculpture Tour and Q & A with Artist Ranjit Bhatnagar

As part of In the Garden of Sonic Delights, an innovative open-air sound art exhibition organized by Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts that is taking place at cultural organizations across Westchester County this summer, the Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College will host a docent-guided tour of Stone Song, a new sculpture by Ranjit Bhatnagar, on view on the Purchase College campus. The tour will take place on Saturday, August 2, at 12:30 pm and include works that are part of the museum’s outdoor sculpture collection, as well as an opportunity to engage Mr. Bhatnagar in a Q & A session.

Bhatnagar is a sound artist who works with technology, language, and found materials to create interactive installations and musical instruments. In creating Stone Song, he says he contemplated an old stone wall and how its "seemingly solid form has shifted and settled over time through weathering and the erosion and compression of the soil." In order to explore this process through sound, Bhatnagar laced the sculpture with pressure sensors, strain gauges, and sensors for humidity, temperature, and barometric pressure. The gathered information feeds into a drone synthesizer, whose fundamental tones shift slowly over the months as the stones settle.  He says, "Daily weather and seasonal changes will produce smaller, shorter-term changes in the stones' song, as will the weight of visitors, who stop to sit on it and listen." Stone Song, which was created in collaboration with Hilary Martin, Akira Inman, and Evan Oxland, will be on view on the Purchase College campus on the lawn behind the Museum and the School of Art and Design through November 2, 2014.

Ranjit Bhatnagar’s works have been exhibited across the United States and in Europe. Last year, the artist worked with the art collectives Flux Factory and Rabid Hands to build a large-scale musical installation at the Palais de Tokyo Museum in Paris. His interactive sound work, Singing Room for a Shy Person, premiered at New York City's Clocktower Gallery last spring, and was moved to the Jean Tinguely Museum in Basel, Switzerland for the Metamatic Reloaded exhibition in October. Bhatnagar performed in the UnCaged Toy Piano Festival and Qubit's Machine Music festival this past winter and is working with David Chang on a calligraphy- and gesture-based score for the Brooklyn Ballet.

In the Garden of Sonic Delights includes 15 commissioned site-specific sound artworks, which are on display at Caramoor and five partner organizations. Artists presented at Caramoor include Laurie Anderson, Bob Bielecki, Betsey Biggs, Eli Keszler, Annea Lockwood, Francisco Lopez, Stephan Moore, Scott Smallwood, Suzanne Thorpe, Trimpin, and Stephen Vitiello. In addition to the Neuberger Museum of Art, partner organizations, and their respective artists, are: Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (Peekskill)/A. Taylor Kuffner, Jacob Burns Film Center (Pleasantville)/John Morton, Lyndhurst (Tarrytown)/Ed Osborn, and Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture (Pocantico Hills)/Bruce Odland.

The Neuberger Museum of Art is an integral part of Purchase College, State University of New York. The Museum is supported in part by the State University of New York. Support for the Museum’s collection, exhibitions, publications, and education programs is provided by grants from public and private agencies, individual contributions, and the Friends of the Neuberger Museum of Art’s members and Board.

The Museum is located at 735 Anderson Hill Road in Purchase, New York (Westchester).

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Directions

The Neuberger Museum of Art is easily accessible by car or bus, and may also be reached by Metro-North. By car: From the North or South - take the Hutchinson River Parkway to Exit 28. Head north on Lincoln Avenue to Anderson Hill Road. Turn right onto Anderson Hill Road. Left at first traffic light into Purchase College campus. From 684 - take Exit 2 South on Route 120 to Anderson Hill Road. Turn left onto Anderson Hill to 2nd traffic light. Turn left at Purchase College campus.  From the East - take Route 287 (Cross Westchester Expressway) to Exit 8E. Take second left over Expressway onto Anderson Hill Road. Follow signs to SUNY Purchase.

Handicap Parking

On the Purchase College campus, park in Parking Lot #1 and proceed to the underpass at the Performing Arts Center. The handicap elevator is located across from the entrance to the Performing Arts Center. Take the elevator to the second level, then exit to the left. The entrance to the museum is located diagonally across, about a city block away.