Bent Frequency presents Unsilent Night
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CRITIC’S PICK: Unsilent Night has become seasonal tradition in Atlanta, thanks to Bent Frequency, one of the city’s most adventurous and accomplished music ensembles. Originally conceived in 1992 by New York-based composer-sound artist Phil Kline, Unsilent Night calls for a group of people including non-musicians to walk around a predetermined route playing music tracks, which are downloaded for free, through their cellphones or boomboxes. The result is a mobile soundscape consisting of bells, crimes, harps and electronic effects.
Ever year, Unsilent Night is performed in hundreds of cities around the world. This year’s Atlanta event starts and ends at the First Existentialist Congregation (old stone church) in Candler Park across from the golf course. The route, which takes about 45 minutes to complete, winds through the surrounding neighborhood.
Following the Unsilent Night stroll, participants can catch a performance of composer-improviser Majid Araim’s new opera, “Regarding Bullfrogs and Universal Power Dynamics.”
This holiday season, support your local arts community by becoming a participating member. - Doug DeLoach
From the venue:
Bent Frequency presents Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night at the First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta
Friday, December 13, 2024
470 Candler Park Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30307, United States
6:30 pm meeting, strolling performance begins at 6:45 pm sharp
FREE and open to everyone, no experience necessary!
Unsilent Night is a mobile sound sculpture that was written specifically to be heard outdoors in the month of December. It takes the form of a street promenade in which the audience becomes the performer by playing composed, pre-recorded tracks through their phone and a portable speaker, or portable analogue play back system like a boom box! Think of it as caroling but with experimental, non-religious, holiday-adjacent sound art!
You can see a clip of it here:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9sg0wR_yDW4
We will walk for 45 minutes through historic Candler Park admiring the beauty of the neighborhood mixed with the immersive sound sculpture that is Unsilent Night. We will use First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta as a meeting/stepping off point for the neighborhood walk.
Please feel free to bring lights, lanterns, and family and friends to participate!
Download your Unsilent Night Track here:
https://www.unsilentnight.com/participate
Note: if you plan to bring a boombox or another analogue player please reach out to us early to let us know, we have a very limited number of CDs and cassettes of the tracks available.
Immediately after the Unsilent Night walk, our friend composer and improvisor Majid Araim will be presenting his new opera “Regarding Bullfrogs and Universal Power Dynamics” at the First Existentialist Congregation at 8:00 pm. More information about this unique piece can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../contemporary-opera...
Funding for this program is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, Amphion Foundation, and the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.