ICA at Penn

Exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia thru December 16th

Ensemble

"A group exhibition of works that make sound, guest curated by artist and musician Christian Marclay. ...Likening his approach to that of a composer, Marclay has chosen a variety of sculpture and installations based on their sound quality and compatibility to sonically inhabit the same large first floor gallery. Visitors are invited to interact with some of the works, others are triggered by motion detectors, or set on timers. The installation will create an ambient sound environment, intermittently producing a wide range of sounds, from the very quiet notes of a music box to the loud ringing of a bronze bell."

"Participating artists include: Terry Adkins, Doug Aitken, Darren Almond, John M. Armleder, Fia Backström, Harry Bertoia, Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Angela Bulloch, Martin Creed, David Ellis, Mineko Grimmer, Tim Hawkinson, Jim Hodges, Evan Holloway, Pierre Huyghe, Paul Ramirez-Jonas, Nina Katchadourian, Martin Kersels, Jon Kessler, Katja Kölle, Yoko Ono, Dennis Oppenheim, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Carolee Schneemann, Noah Sheldon, Yoshi Wada and Angela White, among others

Eileen Neff: Between Us

"This exhibition of over thirty photographs by the Philadelphia artist Eileen Neff will be on view in the second floor gallery from September 7-December 16, 2007. Focusing on the past ten years, the exhibition traces a fascinating and critical shift from the camera to the computer."

Project Space: Jay Heikes
"For his first museum show, Jay Heikes will produce a unique installation in the Project Space which may include the following elements: a cement and brass "bed of nails," a digital cuckoo clock, a freezer wall, drawings and a stylized rat trap. These elements are among the "props" used to activate stories, puns, and a kind of deadpan humor that have appeared in past iterations of an ongoing work inspired by a rather arcane joke."

Ramp Project: Taalman Koch, Fly Thru

"This is the 13th commission in ICA's Ramp Project Series and is also the first to invite architects to address this challenging space: the Los Angeles team of Linda Taalman and Alan Koch."