SAT, JUL 25: 7–9PM
SUN, JUL 26: 7–9PM
Tomoko Sauvage is a Paris-based artist best known for her long-time musical practice on the Waterbowls, an original array of water-filled porcelain bowls and hydrophones that function as an aqueous electroacoustic instrument. In her amplified waters, Sauvage plays with water drops, bubbles, and waves, as well as clay, stones, shells, and glass objects, combining their idiophonic sounds with crystalline subaquatic feedback tones. As a composer, her work centers on tactile materiality of vibrant objects, metaphorical listening, and the use of chance. For her first-ever appearance in Chicago, as part of the Renaissance Society’s Intermissions series, Sauvage occupies the museum’s resonant gallery space in an exploratory one-week mini-residency, culminating in two nights of public performances.
Curated by Michael Harrison.
For two decades, Sauvage has been performing internationally at institutions and festivals such as Barbican Centre (London), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Maerz Musik (Berlin), Musée d’art moderne (Paris), Haus der Kunst (Munich), Nyege Nyege Festival (Uganda), and Wonder Cabinet (Palestine). Her installation and video works have been shown at Sharjah Art Foundation and the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art.
Launched in 2017, Intermissions is an ongoing programming series devoted to performance and other inventive time-based works, staged in the Renaissance Society’s empty gallery in between exhibitions. This recurring platform features two artists every year, supporting a wide variety of live projects.
Image: Tomoko Sauvage, Full of Noises, photo by Stephen Harvey.
