Following its international tour in Asia, Lee Mingwei’s Sonic Blossom takes new form in its US debut at the MFA.
Lee is internationally renowned for projects that prompt connections and invite trust, creativity, and self-awareness. He also has a long history with Boston, first exhibiting at the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum in 1999.
For this participatory installation—the first extended exhibition of performance in MFA history—Lee will audition and train Boston-area soloists to offer spontaneous one-on-one performances of short Leider (art songs) by Franz Schubert. Wearing a custom-designed costume, the singer will approach one visitor at a time throughout the galleries. If the visitor choses to accept a song, he or she will be guided to a special chair and music stand in the William I. Koch Gallery. The artist describes the experience of being chosen as “like a butterfly landing on your shoulder,” a serendipitous moment to embrace and remember.
For their collaboration on this presentation, the artist gratefully acknowledges Kelima K. for her custom costume design, Eric Sparks for his furniture fabrication, and Timothy Steele for piano accompaniment.
Above: Lee Mingwei, Sonic Blossom, 2013. Installation view at “Lee Mingwei: Sonic Blossom (2014),” Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing. Photo by Mao Zhenyu. Courtesy of Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing.
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Museum of Fine Arts, BostonWells Fargo Center465 Huntington AvenueMA 02115Boston, United statesMuseum of Fine Arts, BostonWells Fargo Center465 Huntington AvenueMA 02115Boston, United statesFollowing its international tour in Asia, Lee Mingwei’s Sonic Blossom takes new form in its US debut at the MFA.
Lee is internationally renowned for projects that prompt connections and invite trust, creativity, and self-awareness. He also has a long history with Boston, first exhibiting at the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum in 1999.
For this participatory installation—the first extended exhibition of performance in MFA history—Lee will audition and train Boston-area soloists to offer spontaneous one-on-one performances of short Leider (art songs) by Franz Schubert. Wearing a custom-designed costume, the singer will approach one visitor at a time throughout the galleries. If the visitor choses to accept a song, he or she will be guided to a special chair and music stand in the William I. Koch Gallery. The artist describes the experience of being chosen as “like a butterfly landing on your shoulder,” a serendipitous moment to embrace and remember.
For their collaboration on this presentation, the artist gratefully acknowledges Kelima K. for her custom costume design, Eric Sparks for his furniture fabrication, and Timothy Steele for piano accompaniment.
Above: Lee Mingwei, Sonic Blossom, 2013. Installation view at “Lee Mingwei: Sonic Blossom (2014),” Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing. Photo by Mao Zhenyu. Courtesy of Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing. Book tickets
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