{"id":10599,"date":"2024-04-08T11:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=10599"},"modified":"2024-04-03T08:34:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T12:34:16","slug":"oliver-beer-at-almine-rech-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/08\/oliver-beer-at-almine-rech-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Beer at Almine Rech Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by 17<sup>th<\/sup> century German scholar Athanasius Kircher\u2019s cat organ, which elicited sounds made by cats, British artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliverbeer.co.uk\">Oliver Beer<\/a> created \u2018Cat Orchestra,\u2019 a musical instrument crafted from 37 found objects in the form of hollow cat vessels.\u00a0 Now on view at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alminerech.com\/exhibitions\/9384-oliver-beer-resonance-paintings-cat-orchestra\">Almine Rech Gallery<\/a>\u2019s Tribeca space, the piece\u2019s sound is activated by a keyboard that turns on microphones in each vessel to produce resonances that together form an ethereal musical performance. \u00a0\u00a0Motivated to find music where it\u2019s least expected, Beer awakens viewers to possibilities everywhere.\u00a0 (On view through April 27<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 3024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/6c6876dc7ff53694967151f73\/images\/62bf1bcb-cc7c-2763-aa9b-51ceedf4358c.jpg\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oliver Beer, installation view of Cat Orchestra, 37 hollow cat vessels and sculptures, plinths, microphones, speakers, audio equipment, dimensions variable, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by 17th century German scholar Athanasius Kircher\u2019s cat organ, which elicited sounds made by cats, British artist Oliver Beer created \u2018Cat Orchestra,\u2019 a musical instrument crafted from 37 found objects in the form of hollow cat vessels.\u00a0 Now on view at Almine Rech Gallery\u2019s Tribeca space, the piece\u2019s sound is activated by a keyboard &hellip; 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