Reflections on Sounding untitled for the Self-guided Listener

Performance: October 9, 2021

Online conversation: October 29, 2021

In a post-performance conversation, musicians and invited audience members discuss David Dove’s site-specific ensemble piece Sounding untitled for the Self-guided Listener, which took place within Dan Flavin’s untitled (Marfa project) over Chinati Weekend 2021 and was created with special permission from the Estate of Dan Flavin.

Introduced by Chinati curator Ingrid Schaffner and moderated by composer David Dove. Special thanks to JD DiFabbio for helping to produce the performance event at Chinati

MUSICIANS
Rolando Cantú (Mexico City), oboe and English horn
David Dove (Houston), trombone
Laura Dykes (Houston), double bass
Carmina Escobar (Mexico City/Los Angeles), voice
Juan García (Mexico City), double bass
John Alan Kennedy (Houston), percussion
Gabriel Martinez (Houston), percussion
Bhob Rainey (Philadelphia), soprano saxophone
Liz Tonne (Shutesbury, MA), voice

AUDIENCE PARTICIPANTS
Dorota Biczel, curator
Lisa Cameron, musician
Tom Carter, musician
Natilee Harren, art historian
Tim Johnson, poet
Karen Martinez, videographer
Jenny Moore, director, Chinati Foundation
Alan Ruiz, artist
Chris Taylor, architect
Roberto Tejada, poet