Stage Audio CD, Edirol MA-15D Speakers + Sony Psyc Discman
32:39 Endless Loop
Unique
2009


Exhibition History

Burien Art Gallery, Burien WA, June 3 - August 2, 2009


Description

 In Stage, Yann Novak creates a site specific installation in response to the Burien Art Gallery's built-in cabinetry that resembles a stage. Utilizing a recording of the last 8 minutes prior to a performance as a point of departure, Novak explores feeling of stage fright and the release of that fear throughout the duration of a performance. By taking advantage of the control that site specific sound installations provides, Novak presents this piece as an impossible "performance," free of interruption or imperfection do to his fear of public performance.


Reviews

In the other room in the main gallery, Yann Novak offers an example of “performance art.” He has responded to that particular space in creating a line of pillows facing an alcove that reminds him of a stage. Two small loudspeakers flank either side of the alcove when turned on emit an indistinguishable sound that lasts for 8 minutes. In a written explanation he addresses his fear of the perfect impossible performance.
– Julia Wight (B-Town Blog)