{"product_id":"tuning-calders-clouds-sintonias-de-las-nubes-de-calder-9781917273381","title":"Tuning Calder’s Clouds \/ Sintonías de las nubes de Calder","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bilingual Spanish \/ English in-depth exploration of one of the artist's most significant artworks: the monumental \u003ci\u003eAcoustic Ceiling \u003c\/i\u003e(1954) in the Aula Magna of the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexander Calder is one of the best known and most influential artists of the twentieth century. His sculpture has been extensively shown and continues to be a critical reference within international histories of modernism. Less known is the importance of sound and architecture in his work, as well as the extent to which he was influenced by ideas of performance and theatricality. The \u003ci\u003eAcoustic Ceiling\u003c\/i\u003e, multi-colored panels that appear to float across the ceiling of a university theatre in Caracas, emerged through Calder’s close collaboration with the architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva as well as engineers and local fabricators. Together, they created a singular artwork that not only shifted Calder’s own process of artmaking but has continued to shape successive generations in Latin America and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssays and conversations by artists, scholars, architects, and musicians cover topics ranging from mid-century modernism in Latin America, performance and sound in Calder’s work, acoustic engineering, architecture in Venezuela, political histories and art in twentieth-century Caracas, and Calder’s deeply collaborative spirit. Richly illustrated with over a hundred previously unpublished letters, photographs, and artworks, this book offers an unprecedented look at Calder’s contributions to performance and sound through his engagement with Latin America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributing authors include \u003cb\u003eAlexander S. C. Rower\u003c\/b\u003e, founder and president of the Calder Foundation, New York, and the artist’s grandson; \u003cb\u003eInés Arango-Guingue\u003c\/b\u003e, a Colombian writer and curator based in Chicago; \u003cb\u003eLisa Blackmore\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of Spanish and Director of the Digital Humanities Center at the University of Virginia; aural architect \u003cb\u003eJonas Braasch\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eMirtru Escalona-Mijares\u003c\/b\u003e, a composer, performer, and professor of art who lives in Paris; \u003cb\u003eMaría Fernanda Jaua\u003c\/b\u003e, a teacher and researcher; \u003cb\u003eBeryl Gilothwest\u003c\/b\u003e,  deputy director of Research and Exhibitions at the Calder Foundation, New York; \u003cb\u003eJohannes Goebel\u003c\/b\u003e, founding director of the Institute for Music and Acoustics\/ZKM Karlsruhe and of Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; \u003cb\u003eCarlos Gómez de Llarena\u003c\/b\u003e, architect and former professor at the Universidad Central de Venezuela; \u003cb\u003eSilvia Hernández de Lasala\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, architect and professor at the Universidad Central de Venezuela; \u003cb\u003eLeilehua Lanzilotti\u003c\/b\u003e, a musician, multimedia artist, and curator based in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi; cellist \u003cb\u003eAimon Mata\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eAna Navas\u003c\/b\u003e, a multidisciplinary visual artist based in the Netherlands; \u003cb\u003eRafael Pereira\u003c\/b\u003e, a leading scholar in modernist architectural history, based in Caracas; \u003cb\u003eGryphon Rue\u003c\/b\u003e, an artist, composer, and musician based in New York; architect and designer \u003cb\u003eRafael Santana\u003c\/b\u003e who lives and works in Caracas; and \u003cb\u003ePaulina Villanueva\u003c\/b\u003e an architect and director of the Fundación Villanueva in Caracas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vic Brooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48987138064635,"sku":"9781917273381","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_49d62e07-2531-48cb-84e8-fdcefc3005e9.jpg?v=1781656948","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/tuning-calders-clouds-sintonias-de-las-nubes-de-calder-9781917273381","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}