Rirkrit Tiravanija, Untitled 1996 (Rehearsal Studio No. 6 Silent Version)

Rirkrit Tiravanija, Untitled 1996 (Rehearsal Studio No. 6 Silent Version), 1996. Plexiglas walls, metal framework, guitar, bass guitar, electronic drum kit, microphones, recording equipment, headphones and carpet. Variable dimensions. Courtesy Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York.

Presented in the exhibition Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967, Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija’s Untitled 1996 (Rehearsal Studio No. 6 Silent Version) offers visitors access to an actual recording studio. Musicians of all skill levels can book one hour of free rehearsal time there during museum opening hours. Panelled entirely in Plexiglas, the studio is equipped with microphones, two guitars, a bass guitar and an electronic drum kit, along with headphones that allow the musicians to hear themselves, and let the audience outside the space listen to them. The instruments are not amplified but are fed directly into a recording console. For spectators walking through the exhibition, these rehearsals are thus paradoxically “silent.”

The studio is available from October 14, 2008 to January 11, 2009:
Tuesday to Friday, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. and from 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Wednesday evening from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. and from 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.

If you are interested in participating in this project, please download and return these two forms :
Participation Conditions
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Informations : Marjolaine Labelle, 514 847-6276

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