Music and the Art of Activism: Artist talk with Majel Connery
October 16 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Image by Noah Kalina.
Join us on Wednesday, October 16th from 5:00 – 6:00 PM inside Hindsight Insight 5.0 at the UNM Art Museum for an artist talk and live musical demonstration with artist/composer Majel Connery.
Majel Connery is an environmental composer who uses music to illuminate the inner life of nature. Her compositional approach involves personifying the natural world, giving voice to things like rocks, rivers and trees. In this one-hour talk/demonstration, Connery uses a variety of electronic tools, and selections from her work Elderflora, to demonstrate her craft of art and activism. “Trees are so humanlike already. They’re the perfect subject to test this approach. I want us to believe the trees are talking to us,” says Connery.
Music and the Art of Activism is a prorgam that will precede Connery’s performance of Elderflora at UNM ARTSLab on Friday, October 18th from 5:30 – 6:30 PM. Read more about Elderflora and reserve tickets to the performance here.