Maya Dunietz: Root of Two

May 7, 2022–September 18, 2022

Curated by Rachel Adams, Bemis Chief Curator and Director of Programs

This solo exhibition by Maya Dunietz engages the physicality of sound through a series of installations encompassing the entirety of Bemis Center’s 13,000 square foot gallery space. The works become an ensemble, connecting with each other through the viewer’s experience. As sound materializes, the works unfold and intertwine, enabling a transformative experience. In the traditional sense, they are singular works, yet they resonate with each other, rely on one another, and as a visitor walks through the galleries, the previous works sonically and physically influence what comes afterward as well as what came beforehand.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Maya Dunietz is a composer, performer, and sound artist. She investigates the interconnections between music, visual art, performance, technological research, and philosophy. Her works are commissioned by renowned performers and ensembles and she has created site-specific sound installations and performances for institutions including Palais de Tokyo Paris, Arnolfini Gallery Bristol, Reykjavik Arts Festival, and more. Her sound piece Thicket is in the collection of The Centre Pompidou. Dunietz performs the music of Emahoy Tsegué and other composers, as well as free improvisation concerts and collaborations around the world. In 2015, Dunietz was a guest professor at California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles as part of the Schusterman residence program and in 2017, she was a guest artist at the Cité internationale des arts. In 2018, Dunietz had two solo exhibitions at The Centre Pompidou, Paris and at Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille. In 2019-2020 Dunietz was in the exhibition Confined with Time in Jaffa and created a new site-specific installation for the Botanical Gardens in Jerusalem for Back to Nature curated by Hadas Maor. mayadunietz.com

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