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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Presents Manon de Boer Between Perception and Sensation

The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis presents Manon de Boer: Between Perception and Sensation on display January 21 – May 1, 2011.

For her first major exhibition in the United States the acclaimed Dutch, Brussels based artist Manon de Boer asks us to listen as we look in uniquely crafted films that are defined by and explore sound and sonic effects. In an ambitious installation conceived especially for the Contemporary’s galleries, De Boer presents four key works that address the her attention to the structures of music. For Presto. Perfect Sound (2006), De Boer shot six takes of a violin performance, out of which she cut and then reconstructed the optimal sound composites to produce a “perfect performance,” despite the visual glitches we see before us. In Two Times 4’33” (2008), her camera fixes on the feeling of silence, on film and in the body, as it reverberates through the audience and extends to us off screen. A third film, Dissonant (2010) reveals the rupture between what we see and hear, and as the screen goes black, the viewer trades vision for the pure aural experience of a dancer’s moving feet. With a focus on performance—and the ways that sound gives each of these film form—she reveals her expansive and grounding experimentations with sound, image, and the fundamental experiences of film.

Manon de Boer is curated by Laura Fried, Associate Curator and João Ribas, Curator at the MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge. The exhibition is organized by the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
3750 Washington Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
www.camstl.org

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