Comments on: Realizing http://www.rhythmplex.com/2009/05/realizing/ Listening is more than hearing. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:41:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jon http://www.rhythmplex.com/2009/05/realizing/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Jon Mon, 25 May 2009 18:59:07 +0000 http://www.rhythmplex.com/?p=446#comment-34 Let's face it, if Neuhaus didn't have some sort of reputation, he likely couldn't have gotten NYC to install this thing AND let it remain for over 30 years. I think anyone who cares about this though, wouldn't be too bothered that there was such a reputation - they'd simply be happy that such a thing existed. I still have yet to see the Bertoia sculptures down there. There was a great exhibition of his pieces at the Haggerty Museum here years ago that unfortunately wasn't permanent. Let’s face it, if Neuhaus didn’t have some sort of reputation, he likely couldn’t have gotten NYC to install this thing AND let it remain for over 30 years. I think anyone who cares about this though, wouldn’t be too bothered that there was such a reputation – they’d simply be happy that such a thing existed.

I still have yet to see the Bertoia sculptures down there. There was a great exhibition of his pieces at the Haggerty Museum here years ago that unfortunately wasn’t permanent.

]]> By: kjosef http://www.rhythmplex.com/2009/05/realizing/comment-page-1/#comment-32 kjosef Wed, 20 May 2009 20:53:57 +0000 http://www.rhythmplex.com/?p=446#comment-32 Great that you sought this out, Jon, and got to experience it. A thought to ponder: If Neuhaus hadn't been a noted artist, would you have known to look for his installation? If he'd been a pedantic housepainter, would anyone care? (BTW, Neuhaus' readings of Stockhausen's "Zyklus" are well worth checking out, if you haven't already.) We talked about this, J, but on a similar tangent for anyone else who might be in Chicago or in its proximity: Just north of Millennium Park, across Randolph Street, is the 80-or-so-story AON Center. Out in front, flanking the outer reaches of the property are the two largest of Harry Bertoia's Sonambient sound sculptures. The wind can get them going and they look/sound great, but if you get in there with your hands and really start working the zinc, it's a surprisingly exhilarating and rewarding experience. Great that you sought this out, Jon, and got to experience it. A thought to ponder: If Neuhaus hadn’t been a noted artist, would you have known to look for his installation? If he’d been a pedantic housepainter, would anyone care?

(BTW, Neuhaus’ readings of Stockhausen’s “Zyklus” are well worth checking out, if you haven’t already.)

We talked about this, J, but on a similar tangent for anyone else who might be in Chicago or in its proximity: Just north of Millennium Park, across Randolph Street, is the 80-or-so-story AON Center. Out in front, flanking the outer reaches of the property are the two largest of Harry Bertoia’s Sonambient sound sculptures. The wind can get them going and they look/sound great, but if you get in there with your hands and really start working the zinc, it’s a surprisingly exhilarating and rewarding experience.

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