September 30 - October 21
Brooks Outside: Evanescent
Evanescent is an immersive, outdoor light and sound experience inspired by the beauty, fragility, and transience of the natural world. Resembling oversized clusters of bubbles, the installation invites visitors to walk around, through, and under the iridescent spheres that will be installed on the museum’s plaza on September 30 through October 21st. The work is covered in dichroic film—a material that refracts the sunlight into beams of different wavelengths, creating a rainbow of different colors that emulates the unique and captivating surface of a bubble. At night, the bubbles are illuminated from within, creating a dynamic show of colored light choreographed to an ethereal soundscape.
Evanescent is created by Atelier Sisu, a design firm based in Sydney, Australia, led by two award-winning artists Renzo B. Larriviere (b. 1985, Lima, Peru) and Zara Pasfield (b. 1995, Sydney, Australia). It is part of the studio’s Ephemeral Bubbletecture series created in 2021.
Exhibition Programs
Club House Zen
Close out Brooks Outside: Evanescent in style! With music by Jared “Jay. B” Boyd and Ross al Ghul of BodyWerk, experience the final night of this stunning art installation from Australia.
Free for members | $25
Artist
Curators
Artist + Curator
Atelier Sisu
Atelier Sisu is a Sydney based design studio lead by award winning artists Renzo B. Larriviere and Zara Pasfield.
The pair work with a multi-disciplinary team to create experiential environments, installations and sculptures.
Their direction of work sits between the fields of art and architecture (art-chitecture), with particular focus in the realm of public art. Their work endeavours to be visuallay engaging and intelectually elegant in nature.
Each public artwork aims to provide a unique spatial experience for its visitors, while also contributing to the visual identity of a place and promoting community interaction.
Atelier Sisu
Atelier Sisu is a Sydney based design studio lead by award winning artists Renzo B. Larriviere and Zara Pasfield.
The pair work with a multi-disciplinary team to create experiential environments, installations and sculptures.
Their direction of work sits between the fields of art and architecture (art-chitecture), with particular focus in the realm of public art. Their work endeavours to be visuallay engaging and intelectually elegant in nature.
Each public artwork aims to provide a unique spatial experience for its visitors, while also contributing to the visual identity of a place and promoting community interaction.
Program Recordings
Resources
The 901 Black American Portraits Soundtrack
Listen to a soundtrack of Memphis music that exemplifies Black Love, Power, and Joy. The 901 Black American Portraits Soundtrack celebrates the vibrant legacy and future of Black musicians in the city of Memphis. This playlist was curated by Jared “Jay B” Boyd, a Memphis-based multimedia artist, journalist, DJ, and on-air personality.
MCA Exhibition Questionnaire
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Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?
The American art theorist Linda Nochlin (1931-2017) posed this question as the title of a pioneering article in 1971. This essay was considered one of the first major works of Feminist art history, it has become a set text for those who study art internationally, and it is influential in many other fields.