Every single Thursday the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston (ICA Boston) makes their rotating roster of well-curated art and inspiration FREE 4 ALL.
You pay a lot to live here, so take advantage of the freebies being a Bostonian has to offer ya. The ICA is a nice walk from South Station, Park Street, and Downtown Crossing and State Street T stops. If you’re too delicate to hoof it, you can also take the Silver Line to the World Trade Center or Courthouse station.
WHEN THE STARS BEGIN TO FALL
Imagination and the American South
Now-May 10th
The American South is rife with stories of seedy histories and its colorful present. The ICA brings 35 artists of various generations, locations, and persuasions making work that talks about the land under the Mason-Dixon line. Using a vast array of mediums from photography to performance, painting to sculpture, this show strings together stories of the South and voices that are particularly left out of mainstream dialog; black Americans, outsider artists, and the poor. Popular contemporary artists such as Kara Walker, Kerry James Marshall, David Hammons, and Theaster Gate among many others will have their work displayed.
-written by Krystle Brown
*Photos by Jenna Brewer
SONIC ARBORETUM:
Sculpture by Ian Schneller
Sound by Andrew Bird
Now-May 10th
Sculptor/instrument-maker Ian Schneller and composer/violinist Andrew Bird share a fascination with sound and its interaction with the natural world.
Since 2010, the duo has collaboratively produced Sonic Arboretum, an installation of over 30 colorful horn speakers made from recycled newsprint, dryer lint, baking soda, and shellac and powered by custom-made tube amplifiers. Through the speakers, Bird plays an original, 50-minute composition, Echolocations: Canyon, which he recorded by whistling and playing his violin in a canyon to experiment with the site’s reverberations.
*Photos by Jenna Brewer
(unless otherwise indicated) © 2019