A new immersive multimedia sound installation at the Kelowna Art Gallery opens this weekend.

Experiment in F # Minor, by artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, is a series of pure speakers of all shapes and sizes placed upright on a large wooden table.

<who>Photo credit: Kelowna Art Gallery “src =” https://www.kelownanow.com/files/files/images/speakers2_rsz.jpg “style =” margin: 5px; “/></p> <p>“Like a conductor at the head of an orchestra, visitors create a sculptural music symphony with their movements and their position in the room,” says the gallery. </p> <p>“Light sensors are embedded in the edge of the table and when the viewers move around the room, their shadows will cause the various sound and instrumental tracks to fade in, overlap, blend and fade out.”</p> <p>Whether the sound of an organ, violin, electric guitar, horn, tonal vocal track or cacophony of many musical compositions can be heard depends on where the audience is going and how many people are in the room. </p> <p><img alt=Photo credits: Kelowna Art Gallery “src =” https://www.kelownanow.com/files/files/images/speakers_rsz(1).jpg “style =” margin: 5px; “/>

Cardiff and Bures Miller have been developing multimedia environments that provide multi-sensory experiences for over three decades.

Her work includes sound, technology, and objects that can be considered out of date. They split their time between British Columbia and Germany.

Experiment in F # Minor runs from January 18, 2020 to March 15, 2020 at the Kelowna Art Gallery in conjunction with the Living Things Festival on the University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus.

The Kelowna Art Gallery is located at 1315 Water Street in downtown Kelowna.

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