Oto Hudec, Maquette for 'Instrument for Listening'
Instrument for Listening
Ro2 Art and MAP 2013 present
Instrument for Listening by Oto Hudec
RECEPTION: Belo Garden Park
Saturday, November 2, 2013,11:00 AM
Historically, the megaphone has been a tool for people to express their opinions, their wishes and their needs. Instrument for Listening is inspired by this function, but focuses on people who are on both sides of this tool – the ones listening, as well as the ones who are speaking. The project consists of three main phases: building a sculptural form, which serves as tabula rasa, a space for expression; working with teenagers from the Dallas neighborhood of Oak Cliff to create a pattern that reflects their life and the life of Hispanic community in their neighborhood; and interviewing community members, including dancers, artists, journalists, mothers, teachers, musicians, and business owners, to capture stories, opinions and dreams in the most objective, documentary way. The fourth, symbolic phase of the project is directed towards the listener, hearing the interviews from the megaphone, which are transmitted through an audio system inside of the sculpture.
Ro2 Art and MAP 2013 present
Instrument for Listening by Oto Hudec
RECEPTION: Belo Garden Park
Saturday, November 2, 2013,11:00 AM
Historically, the megaphone has been a tool for people to express their opinions, their wishes and their needs. Instrument for Listening is inspired by this function, but focuses on people who are on both sides of this tool – the ones listening, as well as the ones who are speaking. The project consists of three main phases: building a sculptural form, which serves as tabula rasa, a space for expression; working with teenagers from the Dallas neighborhood of Oak Cliff to create a pattern that reflects their life and the life of Hispanic community in their neighborhood; and interviewing community members, including dancers, artists, journalists, mothers, teachers, musicians, and business owners, to capture stories, opinions and dreams in the most objective, documentary way. The fourth, symbolic phase of the project is directed towards the listener, hearing the interviews from the megaphone, which are transmitted through an audio system inside of the sculpture.
'Instrument for Listening,' on view at Belo Garden in Downtown Dallas
Instrument for Listening is part of MAP 2013: Creative projects that restore and preserve the environment, promote social justice and advance human knowledge and well-being, October 1 - November 24, 2013
Instrumeent for Listening is produced with generous support from Downtown Dallas Inc., The Honorary Consulate of the Slovak Republic in Texas and MAP - Make Art with Purpose
Instrumeent for Listening is produced with generous support from Downtown Dallas Inc., The Honorary Consulate of the Slovak Republic in Texas and MAP - Make Art with Purpose
