Installation view of Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork: Poems of Electronic Air at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 2024. Courtesy of Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. Photo: Julia Featheringill.
Installation view of Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork: Poems of Electronic Air at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 2024. Courtesy of Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. Photo: Julia Featheringill.
SAT, 6–11PM
SUN, 4–6PM
Audience members may come and go throughout each day’s performance, from 6-11pm on Saturday, and 4-6pm on Sunday.
Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork, who lives in Los Angeles, is an artist working with sound, sculpture, and architecture. Recognizing the physical, temporal, and experiential aspects of sound, her work often blurs the line between installation and performance as it offers activations of sonic space for audiences to explore or settle into. While embracing the fact that there isn’t a single uniform listening experience for different people, Gork’s work draws out how the presence of our bodies in a space also affects the behavior of sound, whether it’s music, noise, or voices.
At the Renaissance Society, Gork develops a new project for the Intermissions series in collaboration with performer, sound artist, and electronic musician Laetitia Sonami. Directly engaging with this unique setting, Gork and Sonami introduce new physical elements into the empty gallery space, position multiple sound sources, and experiment with the room’s unusual acoustics across various listening zones.
Curated by Karsten Lund with Michael Harrison
Special thanks to Meyer Sound, Berkeley, CA, as well as Greg Climer, Jeanne Gerrity, California College of the Arts, and CCA Wattis.
